Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi meets with the US president during a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) BAGHDAD – Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Tuesday invited rival political parties to a Wednesday meeting to seek a […]
Men push their bicycles through a partially deserted street amid COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Kathmandu on May 7, 2021. (BIKASH KARKI / AFP) KATHMANDU – Nepal's government said on Thursday it will hold a parliamentary election on Nov 20 amid concerns over high inflation and depleted foreign exchange reserves that have led to rising food […]
In most of the legislatures of the world, party rivalry is the normal state of affairs, even if the bases, modes and intensity of party rivalry vary from place to place. Invariably, legislators around the world have party affiliations. Legislatures can be characterized by single-party dominance, two-party competition, multiparty contests or clashes among party coalitions. […]
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 […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 11, 2022, children warm by a fire at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Yemen's third city of Taez. (AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Wednesday called on all warring parties to conduct dialogue and […]
Toyota City, Japan, Oct 12, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), and Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (Toyota CRDL) announced today that they have commenced discussions on joint research aimed at accelerating development and implementing advanced technologies in the field […]
A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on July 28, 2021 shows Jordan's King Abdullah II speaking during the 3rd Trilateral Summit between Greece, Cyprus, and Jordan, in Athens. (YOUSEF ALLAN / JORDANIAN ROYAL PALACE / AFP) AMMAN – King Abdullah II of Jordan on Sunday received a report from the Royal Committee […]
A view shows traffic on Azadi street in Iran's capital Tehran on April 20, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) TEHRAN – The Iranian spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday urged the parties in the Vienna talks to make their decisions on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint […]
I know that in July, China will mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Also, I know that you will discuss the role of political parties in governance in developing countries. I think that both are very inspiring occasions and can serve as a great opportunity to clarify many […]
Editor's Note: To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China on July 1, the Party School of the Central Committee of the CPC held the Second Think-Tanks Forum on National Governance in Developing Countries early this month and gathered experts at home and abroad to discuss the topic－the Status […]
This handout photograph taken on April 24, 2021 and released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace shows Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) adjusts his facemask while delivering his speech at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Myannmar crisis talks in Jakarta. (INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE / AFP) JAKARTA – The leaders of the Association of Southeast […]
An Israeli man walks past an electoral poster depicting Isreali Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and one of his challengers Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, in Jerusalem on March 18, 2021. Israeli legislative elections will be held on March, 23 2021, to elect the 120 members of the 24th Knesset. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) […]
Editor's Note: Every year during the two sessions, some Western media outlets describe the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as "rubber stamps". Three scholars with the Party School of the CPC Central Committee explain how such labels expose the bias of the Western media and why […]
HONG KONG, Mar 4, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – China Gas Holdings Limited (“China Gas” or the “Group”; stock code: 384), a leading piped-gas operator in China, announced today that it has entered into a strategic cooperation framework agreement (“Agreement”) with China Petrochemical Corporation (“Sinopec”) on 4 March 2021. The Agreement will enable […]
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at a Trade and Investments conference in Colombo on Feb 24, 2021 on the second day of Khan's official visit to Sri Lanka. (ISHARA S KODIKARA / AFP) ISLAMABAD/KARACHI – The ruling party of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his political allies will seek to wrest control of Pakistan’s […]