Washington & Politics

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich enters US Senate race

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PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Thursday he's running for U.S. Senate, becoming the third major candidate seeking the Republican nomination to...

Washington’s ‘joints for jabs’ vaccine program falling flat

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SEATTLE — It was designed as an innovative way to promote COVID-19 vaccinations, but Washington’s new “joints for jabs” program is off to a...

Lithuania readies for more migrants entering via Belarus

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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania will set up a border tent village to shelter increasing numbers of asylum-seekers from third countries who are entering through...

Arizona refurbishes gas chamber in push to resume executions

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PHOENIX — As it aims to resume executions after a seven-year hiatus, Arizona has refurbished its gas chamber, where the nation's last lethal-gas execution...

EU lawmakers say Morocco put children’s lives at risk

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BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers on Thursday accused Morocco of endangering the lives of children in an attempt to put political pressure on Spain,...

ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over Darfur suspects

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UNITED NATIONS — Fatou Bensouda briefed the U.N. Security Council for the last time as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday,...

Late-night military training rattles some in Bloomington

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The U.S. Army has apologized after late-night military training exercises this week in Bloomington caught some residents by surprise with low-flying...

Lawyers urge ICC to probe alleged crimes against Uyghurs

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A group of lawyers presented a dossier of evidence Thursday to prosecutors at the International Criminal Court that they say...

Appeals court to rehear Arkansas’ Israel boycott pledge case

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court on Thursday said it will reconsider a panel's decision that Arkansas’ law requiring state contractors to...

Biden embraces a Trump policy in backing Arab-Israeli deals

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The Biden administration is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel and working to...