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RIYADH: The speaker of the Thai parliament, Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, on Wednesday praised Saudi Arabia for the major role it plays in serving Islam and Muslims worldwide. The Kingdom also makes key contributions to global development, the…
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German police detained on Tuesday two Afghan citizens accused of planning to attack police near the Swedish parliament in response to the burning of copies of the Qur’an, the Muslim holy book, federal prosecutors said. The suspects,…
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German lawmakers on Thursday rejected a new call by the opposition for the government to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, a day after Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended his refusal to supply the weapons. The main…
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Former British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Friday that she will quit as a lawmaker when an election is called this year, ending a 27-year parliamentary career that included three years as the nation’s leader during a period roiled…
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Iran began voting Friday in its first parliamentary elections since the mass 2022 protests over its mandatory hijab laws after the death of Mahsa Amini, with questions looming over just how many people will turn out for the poll. Iran’s…
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During a religious celebration in central Beirut, he said that Lebanon was a country where “the constitution is violated in the absence of a president, while the nation needs one to put an end to pseudo-national unity governments,…
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Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim recently met with Finnish Member of Parliament Ville Skinnari in Riyadh, the ministry reported on X on Saturday. During the meeting, they discussed matters related to the…
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The Turkish Parliament stripped an imprisoned opposition lawmaker of his parliamentary status on Tuesday, defying a ruling made by the country’s top court in September. After months of legal and political turmoil that saw two of the…
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Turkiye’s parliament is expected to end more than a year of delays that severely strained its ties with Western allies and approve Sweden’s membership of NATO this week. CNN Turk said a vote could be take place as early as Tuesday while…
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Billed as a landmark decision, India’s parliament has passed legislation that guarantees parliamentary seats for women lawmakers, although it is expected to take years before the law comes into force. The Lok Sabha, or the lower house of…
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