Kuwaiti parliament members attend a session of the National Assembly at its headquarters in Kuwait City on Jan 10, 2023. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait cabinet resigned on Monday after disputes with opposition-led parliament. Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf al-Ahmed Al-Sabah submitted the cabinet's resignation to Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber […]
This file handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on October 13, 2019, shows Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) cadets during a graduation ceremony at Imam Hussein University in Tehran. (STRINGER / KHAMENEI.IR / AFP) TEHRAN – The Iranian military on Thursday warned the European Parliament of the […]
An Aboriginal flag is held aloft during a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with US protesters and demand an end to Aboriginal deaths in custody, in Perth on June 13, 2020. (TREVOR COLLENS / AFP) CANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a referendum on establishing an Indigenous voice to Parliament […]
People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka leaves after voting at a polling station during the Fijian general election in Suva, Fiji, Dec 14, 2022. (AAP IMAGE / MICK TSIKAS VIA REUTERS) SYDNEY – Fiji's parliament has delayed its first sitting, where it had been expected a new prime minister would be sworn in to the […]
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on Dec 18, 2022. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) DOHA – Qatar reiterated on Sunday that the country denies any involvement in a corruption case being investigated by […]
The New Zealand Parliament buildings, the Beehive on the left, the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament and Parliament House on the right, in Wellington, New Zealand, Oct 2017. (MARK BAKER / AP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand's highest court ruled on Monday that the country's current voting age of 18 […]
Israel's ex-premier and leader of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on Nov 2, 2022, after the end of voting for national elections. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) JERUSALEM — Israel's new parliament was sworn in on Tuesday after the right-wing bloc won the elections two weeks ago. READ […]
Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani (right front) and his cabinet members are sworn in at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct 27, 2022. The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved the new cabinet lineup and the government program presented by Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani. (IRAQI PARLIMENT / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) BAGHDAD – The […]
A man watches television on display at a shop as Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announces the dissolution of parliament as he addresses the nation during a live telecast, in Bentong, Malaysia's Pahang state, on Oct 10, 2022. Malaysia is gearing up for an intense political campaign season, with a range of coalitions and […]
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri opens the session to elect a president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 29, 2022. (BILAL HUSSEIN / AP) BEIRUT – The Lebanese parliament on Thursday failed again to elect a new president, bringing the country closer to institutional deadlock as President Michel Aoun's term ends on […]
A handout picture released by the Iraqi parliament on Oct 13, 2022, shows then-presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attending a parliamentary session on Oct 13, 2022. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT / AFP) BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected Abdul Latif Rashid as the new president of Iraq, marking a crucial step toward forming a new government […]
A handout picture released by the Iraqi parliament on Oct 13, 2022, shows then-presidential candidate Abdul Latif Rashid attending a parliamentary session during which a new president is due to be elected, in the capital Baghdad on Oct 13, 2022. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT / AFP) BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected Abdul Latif Rashid as […]
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri opens the session to elect a president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 29, 2022. (BILAL HUSSEIN / AP) DUBAI – Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri postponed on Thursday a session on electing a new president to Oct 20, after the house failed to secure a quorum. […]
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (right) casts his vote as parliament gathers to elect a president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sept 29, 2022. (BILAL HUSSEIN / AP) BEIRUT – The Lebanese parliament failed to elect a new head of state on Thursday to replace President Michel Aoun when his term ends […]
This file photo dated Dec 6, 2021 shows the streets of downtown Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. (MAVIS PODOKOLO / AFP) SYDNEY – The National Parliament of Solomon Islands passed on Thursday a bill which will allow the Pacific Island country to defer its national general election from 2023 to 2024. The Constitution […]
People (right) face off with police near the parliament (behind center) as police move in to clear protesters in Wellington on March 2, 2022, during demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. (DAVE LINTOTT / AFP) WELLINGTON – About 2,000 anti-government demonstrators gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament on Tuesday to vent their frustration on a […]
Vanuatu Prime Minister Bob Loughman speaks at a panel discussion during the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva on July 12, 2022. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP) Vanuatu's president dissolved the Pacific island nation's parliament on Thursday, state broadcaster VBTC reported, after an attempt by some politicians to oust the prime minister. Opposition leader Ralph Regenavu told […]
Supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister, gather inside Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on July 30, 2022. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) BAGHDAD – Hundreds of followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr started on Saturday an open sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament building in […]
A supporter of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, lies on the desk of the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, as demonstrators gather inside the Iraqi parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, as they protest at a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister on July 27, 2022. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) BAGHDAD – Hundreds […]
The Liddell Power Station (left) and Bayswater Power Station, both coal-powered thermal power stations, are pictured near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia on Nov 2, 2021. (MARK BAKER / AP PHOTO) SYDNEY – Australia's parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw […]
Protestors burn an effigy of acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe outside the president's office as they demand his resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Banner on left says " Go home before you are chased." (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP PHOTO) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's parliament will choose between three candidates for […]
A special task force cadet walks at the lawn of the Sri Lankan President’s official residence in Colombo on July 15, 2022, after it was overrun by protestors on July 9. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his […]
Sri Lankan protesters, some carrying national flags, stand on top of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe 's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka on July 13, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's main city, Colombo, was calm on Thursday as people […]
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ends his speech abruptly after voicing his disapproval at the behavior of an overenthusiastic crowd, in the central Iraqi city of Najaf on June 3, 2022 during a ceremony marking the death anniversary of his father Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr. (QASSEM AL-KAABI / AFP) BAGHDAD – Lawmakers from the […]
Protesters hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities at the entrance of the president's office in Colombo on April 4, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned on Tuesday, less than 24 hours […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his policy speech during the opening of the lower house of the parliament session in Tokyo on Jan 17, 2022. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) TOKYO – Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a record 107.60 trillion yen ($900 billion) budget for fiscal 2022 to cater to ballooning social security and […]
Kazakhstan' President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart (not seen in this picture) following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Feb 10, 2022. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) NUR-SULTAN – Kazakhstan needs to switch from "superpresidential" rule to a presidential republic with a strong parliament, President Kassym-Jomart […]
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani (left) the longest serving representative, opens the first parliament session, in Baghdad, Iraq on Jan 9, 2022. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT MEDIA OFFICE VIA AP) BAGHDAD – A Kurdish political party and a Sunni political alliance decided Sunday to boycott the parliament session slated for Monday to elect a new president for the country, threatening […]
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, left, the longest serving representative, opens the first parliament session, in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan 9, 2022. Iraq's new parliament held its first session on Sunday, nearly three months after Iraqis voted in a general election. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT MEDIA OFFICE VIA AP) BAGHDAD – An explosion from a hand grenade hit the headquarters of […]
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani (left) the longest serving representative, opens the first parliament session, in Baghdad, Iraq on Jan 9, 2022. (IRAQI PARLIAMENT MEDIA OFFICE VIA AP) BAGHDAD – Iraq's new parliament elected Sunni lawmaker Mohammed al-Halbousi as speaker on Sunday, marking an important step towards establishing a new government three months after a national election. The […]