France's lower house of parliament on Tuesday agreed to pick an MP from President Emmanuel Macron's coalition as the first woman speaker, despite the ruling alliance lo
01:18 During a parliament session on Wednesday, lawmakers hurled objects at each other.Chaos soon broke out on the house floor when a member of Prime Minister Pashinyan’s party tried to
Sweden's parliament speaker on Monday proposed Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as prime minister.It came a week after Lofven resigned as prime minister on June 28 following a non-confidence vote
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday he had handed in his notice of resignation, giving parliament's speaker the job of finding a new prime minister.Lofven lost a no-confidence vote in
Iran's parliament speaker said on Sunday that a three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had expired as of Saturday, Iran's news agency Fars said,
Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday.Out of the 232 lawmakers present, 93 voted in favor of Oli while 124 were against him and 15 did not vote, Parliam
New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said on Thursday that he has authorized the Assembly Judiciary Committee to start an "impeachment investigation" into sexual misconduct allegations agains
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan won a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday in a session marked by opposition boycott and protests.Khan was able to secure 178 votes, exceeding the 172 re
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday lawmakers will establish a commission to review the "facts and causes" related to the deadly January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House "will proceed" with bringing legislation to impeach President Donald Trump to the floor in a letter late Sunday to colleagues, according to the AP.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that she has instructed the Rules Committee to be prepared to move forward on a motion to impeach President Donald Trump if the Republican doesn't resig
Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of California was reelected on Sunday as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, where her party has a narrow majority.Pelosi received support from 216 Dem
U.S. House Republicans on Thursday blocked the Democrats' attempt to pass $2,000 COVID-19 stimulus checks after President Donald Trump asked Congress to increase amount of direct payments to American
Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic has tested positive for COVID-19, the government informed in a short press release Friday."For this reason, the prime minister has canceled all work programs," i
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been elected as new prime minister of Ireland in a vote held here on Saturday at a special meeting of the lower house of the Irish parliament. Announcing the vot
A Bolivian girl living in Beijing has been volunteering in her community to help epidemic prevention and control since Feb. 11. Maria Renee Cruz, a Spanish, English an
In Venezuela - opposition leader Juan Guaido has been sworn in for another term as speaker of Parliament. But it wasn't easy.The National Guard tried to block him from entering the Parliament buildin