The World Heritage Committee on Sunday evening agreed to put 12 new sites on the World Heritage List before ending its 40th session in Istanbul.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong said here on Thursday that"in order to realize targets of the second half and the whole year 2016, the party, people and army should keep striving to seek effective solutions to current pressing issues."
Myanmar parliament's second session including the two Houses' will reconvene on July 25 , nearly a month after its first session adjourned on June 10, according to an announcement of the parliament published Monday.
A day after reports that the ministry of AYUSH had circulated a common yoga protocol for the International Yoga Day, saying participants should chant Vedic mantras and 'Om' before starting the 45-minute session in order to enhance the benefits of the regimen, Darul Uloom Deoband said it has objections over religious connotations attached with yoga.
Iraq's parliament approved five cabinet members as part of a reshuffle presented by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is facing pressure to finalize the stalled reforms, official television reported Tuesday.
The final session of Vietnam's 13th National Assembly (NA) closed Tuesday in capital Hanoi, fulfilling the tasks of replacing top leadership positions of the country.
Members of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) and some NPC deputies on Thursday reviewed the draft report of the top legislature's work in 2015.
The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) convened its bimonthly session Wednesday, deliberating legislation on deep sea exploration and the agenda for the fourth annual session of the 12th NPC.
With issues like President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, Pathankot terror terror attack and JNU row set to generate heat in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to the opposition by convening a meeting of leaders of major political parties on Tuesday.
Myanmar's newly-elected region or state parliament on Monday began their first sessions separately in respective regions and states in Myanmar, which also took place simultaneously with the union parliament.
Myanmar's newly-elected parliamentary House of Representatives (Lower House) on Friday formed a 23-member reviewing commission on legal affairs and special cases during the ongoing first session of the parliament in Nay Pyi Taw in a bid to support bill committee.
New Speaker of Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representatives (lower house) U Win Myint took over the duty from outgoing House speaker U Shwe Mann Monday in Nay Pyi Taw, according to U Shwe Mann's social website.
Myanmar's new parliament Monday elected U Win Myint of the National League for Democracy (NLD) as Speaker of the House of Representatives (Lower House) and U Ti Khun Myat of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) as Deputy Speaker of the House.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPVCC) passed the list of nominations for key leadership positions of the party and state in the next tenure with concentrated votes after a three-day meeting which closed Wednesday.
The 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPVCC) on Monday kicked off its 14th plenary session, the final meeting of the tenure.
China's largest trade fair on Wednesday concluded its 118th session in the southern province of Guangdong with fewer buyers and transactions, mirroring tough export prospects for China.
China's top legislature on Wednesday ended its bimonthly session by adopting revisions to the Seed Law and ratifying the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) agreement.
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