A prominent scholar who blasted a package of security bills as unconstitutional in a high-profile Diet session will run in the Upper House election, targeting swing voters disillusioned with the status quo.
Head of the Syrian government delegation Bashar al-Jaafari told press Tuesday that his team will leave Geneva tomorrow as planned after convening for the last time with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in the latest round of intra-Syrian proximity talks.
South Korea's ruling party failed to regain a majority in the parliamentary election on Wednesday, heralding hardships that President Park Geun-hye's economic reform drive may face during the remaining tenure of her five-year term.
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition under the stewardship of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may delay the approval of the already signed Trans-Pacific Partnership accord owing to a number of related rifts with opposition parties, local media reported Wednesday.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's exit from Umno on Monday was no mere strop after failing to force Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak out of office.
The newly-announced cessation of hostilities in Syria marks a major step forward towards a political solution to the country's crisis, but analysts warn the ceasefire could be very fragile considering the complexity of Syria's situation.
Five Japanese opposition parties on Friday filed two bills to the National Diet's lower house demanding the retraction of a series of controversial security laws enacted last year due to their unconstitutionality.
A delegation from Syria's main opposition group is now here in Geneva to join a major international efforts to broke peace talks for the country, but the uncertainty of the just-started UN-mediated intra-Syrian talks still remain.
Domestically-based Syrian opposition handed the office of the UN envoy to Syria a list of 22 names chosen to represent it in the upcoming dialogue with the Syrian government, an opposition figure told Xinhua on Tuesday.
Less than a year into her second term, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday called on the political opposition to "respect" her election as head of state.
Japan's upper house of parliament on Monday began discussions on a package of controversial security bills that, if enacted, will allow for the nation's Self-Defense Forces to have an expanded role abroad, despite an ongoing public backlash that has seen hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protests.
Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer on Wednesday hailed the country's strong institutions, and downplayed current tensions between government and opposition forces.
Burundi's opposition has rejected a proposal issued on Monday by the electoral commission to delay presidential polls to July 15, saying the current commission is "illegal" to make decisions as two of its five commissioners resigned early this month.
A Maldivian opposition party on Sunday raised alarm amid the threats of violence carried out by members of the Maldivian government against the opposition members and its supporters.
Opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) leader Nimal Siripala de Silva said that the new government's draft proposals for constitutional changes have not yet been shared with the opposition.
The ongoing tussle between Nepal' s ruling and opposition parties is likely to deepen as both sides remain firm in their respective positions on drafting the new constitution and there are no signs of thaw, cross-party leaders said Saturday.
Amid obstruction and protests by opposition parties, Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subas Chandra Nembang on Sunday announced a committee to initiate the voting process on contentious issues of the new constitution.
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