The Congress on Sunday distanced itself from party MP Shashi Tharoor's recent comments defending BJP veteran LK Advani, ...

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has yet again irked his party, this time by defending veteran BJP leader L K Advani and comparing him to former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. It ...

The air quality in India’s capital ranks among the worst in the world, but experts say politics stand in the way of improving it. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi As India and the Indian ...

The Oregon Democrat achieved a goal of topping the previous longest speech by a senator from his state. By Carl Hulse Reporting from Capitol Hill Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, concluded a ...

A move to use "green" firecrackers appeared not to have made a difference. LONDON -- As the celebrations of the Diwali festival come to an end, the city of New Delhi faces air quality in the "very ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) concluded his marathon speech Wednesday afternoon, having held the floor for 22 hours and 39 minutes to rail against “grave threats” presented by President Trump. Merkley, a ...

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., railed against President Donald Trump in a marathon overnight speech starting on Tuesday evening and continuing into Wednesday morning. "I’m holding the Senate floor to ...

President Donald Trump canceled trade talks with Canada on Thursday, citing a recent ad released by the government of Canada’s Ontario province that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio ...

Spotify says it has permanently removed white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ “America First” podcast for violating its hate-speech rules, but the controversial figure is not banned from appearing on the ...

The senator had been at it since 6:24 p.m. Tuesday. After more than 22 hours, Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley on Wednesday ended his marathon floor speech warning about the dangers of authoritarianism he ...

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley now holds the record for third longest Senate floor speech in modern history, after delivering remarks for more than 22 hours. Merkley began speaking on the Senate floor ...

President Trump addressed the Knesset in Israel on Monday as he visited the Middle East to mark the beginning of a peace accord to end the fighting in Gaza. Trump spoke for more than an hour in ...