Syria is due to hold parliamentary elections for the first time since its autocratic former president, Bashar Assad, was unseated in December. Under Assad's rule, elections were dominated by his ...

In 2018, the government shut down for three days as Democrats, led by Schumer, insisted that any budget measure come with protections for young immigrants known as “Dreamers” under the Obama-era ...

We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.

A Japanese nationalist party led by fiery anti-globalist Sohei Kamiya was among the biggest winners in this summer’s parliamentary election.

On January 27, workers at a Philadelphia Whole Foods voted to become the first store in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to unionize. When the result was announced that night, produce worker Ed Dupree, ...

Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. will likely be removed from office after a two-year campaign culminated in a historic vote to recall him.

Vice President Vance offered the following message to Democrats ahead of Wednesday's White House briefing on the first day of the 2025 "government shutdown." VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE: Number one, ...

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were one of Hollywood’s biggest power couples before their recent separation. Urban and Kidman met in 2005 and tied the knot the following year. The pair expanded their ...

Andrew Cuomo’s first paid advertisement in his general election campaign for mayor is a 30-second spot that relies heavily on AI-generated clips of the former governor.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Mike Klimesh faces daunting challenges as he steps into a leadership role in the Iowa ...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s Head of Medusa (1597) remains one of the most memorable images of Italian baroque art. Now in Florence’s Uffizi gallery, it tells the story of the “monster” Medusa, ...