'Trump Whisperer' Ex-Minister Toshimitsu Motegi Joins Japan PM Race

Former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi is angling to lead the world's fourth-largest economy as it faces fresh turbulence stemming from rising food prices and fallout from US tariffs on its crucial auto sector.

On the night he won Canada's election, Prime Minister Mark Carney summarized his plan to jumpstart the country's economy in response to President Donald Trump's threats.

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, has been the presumptive favorite in the election since soundly beating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in June.

The BJP's protracted hunt for a new party boss - a search many feel is being overseen by its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh - has drawn a jab from Mohan Bhagwat.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday President Donald Trump will chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel's war in the Palestinian territory to be settled by the end of the year.

Community groups with close ties to Beijing have been working behind the scenes in New York City to influence who gets elected and who does not, according to a report in a leading US daily.

John Bolton, whose home and office were searched by federal agents on Friday, has been one of the most vocal critics of President Donald Trump since serving as a national security adviser in Trump's first administration.

Elon Musk was ordered by a federal judge to face a lawsuit by voters accusing the world's richest person of defrauding them into signing a petition to support the US Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway.

US President Donald Trump wants to ban mail-in ballots in federal elections, a form of voting popular with many Americans.

Donald Trump pledged on social media that he would do away with both mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about 1/3rd of all voters, and voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country's election jurisdictions.