After Republicans blocked a voting rights bill aimed at curbing a wave of new restrictions across the country, Democrats failed in an effort to change Senate filibuster rules that would have allowed the bill to pass with 51 votes instead of 60.

President Biden said he expected President Vladimir Putin of Russia to invade Ukraine after more than 100,000 Russian troops amassed at the border over the past several months.

Senators Tim Scott and Cory Booker clashed over calling Republican-backed voting legislation 'Jim Crow 2.0.'

President Biden delivers remarks and takes questions from reporters on the eve of finishing his first year in office.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said that Russia could attack Ukraine 'on very short notice' and warned of consequences if Russia increases its force.

Democrats say the voting rights bill is meant to counter voter suppression efforts, but they lack the votes needed in their own party to change Senate rules and enact the bill unilaterally.

Hundreds of houses were destroyed after two earthquakes struck a mountainous province in western Afghanistan.

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the former president of Kazakhstan, broke his silence on recent protests and dismissed claims of tension within the country's elite.

As Australia recorded its highest number of daily Covid deaths of the pandemic, officials in Victoria announced an emergency declaration for the state's hospital system.

Tonga's communication lines remained severed from international communication days after an underwater volcano erupted and caused tsunami waves to strike the island nation.