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A brawl broke out in Turkiye’s parliament on Friday after lawmakers convened to discuss the status of a jailed opposition figure controversially stripped of his parliamentary immunity earlier this year. They were meeting after the…
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Saudi Shoura Council Speaker Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Sheikh met with his Bahraini counterpart Ali bin Saleh Al-Saleh in Manama. The meeting was part of an official visit by the Saudi speaker to Bahrain, and was held in the presence of the…
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Syrians were voting for members of a new parliament in an election Monday that was expected to hold few surprises but could pave the way for a constitutional amendment to extend the term of President Bashar Assad. The vote is the fourth…
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Libya’s Tripoli-based High State Council has rejected a budget approved by the eastern-based parliament, warning of more partition and wasting of public money. The rejection came in a letter from council head Mohammed Takala to the House…
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Lawmakers from Turkiye’s ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party brawled in parliament’s general assembly on Tuesday over the detention and replacement of a DEM Party mayor in southeast Turkiye. On Monday, police detained Mehmet…
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The British parliament dissolved on Thursday ahead of a July 4 general election, which looks set to bring Labour to power after 14 years of Conservative rule. Five weeks of campaigning officially began as 650 seats of members of…
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Iranians voted on Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. People in 22 constituencies across the country will elect 45 representatives from a…
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Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, on Friday ordered parliament dissolved and suspended some articles of the country’s constitution for a period of not more than four years, pending a “revision of the democratic process in its…
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Libya’s eastern-based parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved the 2024 budget for the government it installed of 90 billion Libyan dinars ($18.5 billion), excluding an item for development projects, three MPs told Reuters. The budget…
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Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait’s parliament, results showed Friday. Opposition candidates won 29 seats in the 50-member assembly, according to results carried by KUNA news agency, matching the outcome of last year’s…
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