(Reuters) -Russia’s parliament will consider banning the exchange of Russian prisoners of war for captured members of Ukraine’s Azov Regiment, the speaker said on Tuesday, after the last Ukrainian defenders…
By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s new ruling alliance took control of the lower house of parliament on Saturday with the election of a new speaker, cementing control…
By Ahmed Rasheed and Amina Ismail BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament failed again on Saturday to vote for a president after Iran-backed groups boycotted the session, in a setback to an…
Hospital Admits Trans Patient May Have Raped Woman After Denying Any Men Were There, UK Parliament Member Says Laurel Duggan on March 18, 2022 A member of parliament in the…
BERLIN – Berlin aims to purchase 35 F-35 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin to replace its ageing Tornado aircraft in the role of nuclear sharing, the German defence ministry…
LONDON – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address British lawmakers via videolink in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the first time a president of another country has addressed the…
SOFIA – Bulgaria’s parliament on Friday rubber-stamped the 2022 budget bill that targets a fiscal deficit of 4.1% of economic output this year, planning for an increased public investment to…
SEOUL – South Korea’s National Assembly approved a 16.9-trillion-won ($14.2 billion) supplementary budget on Monday aimed partly at funding the response to COVID-19 and supporting businesses hit by pandemic restrictions.…
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s parliament on Monday extended a law that lifts banking secrecy regulations to facilitate a forensic audit of the country’s central bank, a key condition for foreign aid…
TOKYO – A key Japanese parliamentary committee on Monday approved the government’s record $940 billion initial spending plan for the next fiscal year, setting the stage for the budget’s full…
The U.K.’s domestic spy service, MI5, informed the House of Commons speaker that a woman is suspected to have been used by China to exert influence over British lawmakers, Agence…
David Sassoli, president of the European Union’s parliament, died in a hospital on Tuesday at the age of 65 after months of poor health, the Associated Press reported. Sassoli, a…
A fire that devastated South Africa’s Houses of Parliament in Cape Town reignited on Monday after it was said to be under control, multiple sources reported. The building initially caught…