Follow the latest news and analysis from Washington as the suspension of federal funding heads toward the 35-day record.

Bitcoin falls as doubts over whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December curb demand for risky assets. Last Wednesday Fed Chair Jerome Powell said a December rate reduction was not ...

Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Monday said that "a new era of nuclear weapons" had begun, after the United States last week announced it planned new nuclear weapons tests.

U.S. Treasury yields were trading mixed early Monday. While the U.S. government shutdown continues, potential drivers for Treasuries this week include the quarterly refunding announcement on Wednesday ...

The heavily criticised leader of Spain's Valencia region said Monday he was stepping down, a year after the area was hit by floods in the country's deadliest natural disaster in a generation.

Two Italian climbers have gone missing in Nepal while scaling a remote peak, tourism officials said Monday, after Cyclone Montha disrupted weather in the region.

Stock futures were climbing Monday as investors geared up for another batch of quarterly earnings, with data analytics software developer Palantir and chip maker Advanced Micro Devices among the ...

A man has been charged with 10 counts of attempted murder following a mass stabbing on a London-bound train, British Transport Police said on Monday.

Disagreements between Bangladeshi politicians have stalled a key democratic reform plan, the interim government said Monday, giving parties a week to reach consensus or face unilateral action.

Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as president on Monday, state TV showed, with an internet blackout still holding after election protests in which the opposition says hundreds were ...

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will face off in an exhibition match in South Korea in January ahead of the Australian Open, organisers said Monday.

Spain's top prosecutor went on trial Monday accused of leaking legal secrets against the conservative opposition, an unprecedented case that has rattled Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's ...