05:03 In a first, Peruvians voted in a legislative election held separately from a presidential ballot.President Martin Vizcarra dissolved the legislature last year, amid an anti-corru
Peru's President Martin Vizcarra on Sunday voted in elections for a new legislature, some five months after he dissolved a Congress that was resisting his anti-corruption reforms. "I just exercised m
The Greek parliament on Wednesday elected top judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou as president of the Hellenic Republic, the first female head of state of Greece. Since 201
The U.S. Senate on early Wednesday voted to pass the Republican-proposed resolution laying out rules guiding the ongoing impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, after a marathon debate that
The British government has announced plans for special events on the night of Jan. 31 when the country officially leaves the European Union but the country’s treasury c
Lawmakers in Beijing have voted through a regulation to further control the emissions of automobiles and non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) at the annual session of the
The Russian parliament overwhelmingly backed President Vladimir Putin’s surprise choice for prime minister on Thursday after what one daily called a “January revolution
The Russian State Duma, or the lower house of parliament, approved Mikhail Mishustin for the post of prime minister at a plenary meeting on Thursday. A total of 383 lawmakers voted in favor of Mishu
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to appoint and authorize managers for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, sending two impeachment articles to the Senate to allow the
The city of Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington on Monday passed a bill to ban big companies such as Amazon from influencing local elections by making huge "political donations." Seattle City Cou
Abkhazia's parliament granted the resignation request of President Raul Khajimba, speaker Valery Kvarchia said on Monday."The resignation of Raul Khajimba was approved
The Balad military base was a target of last week's rocket attacks carried out in retaliation for the death of Iranian Quds chief Qasem Soleimani. The attack resulted i
Tunisian Assembly of People's Representatives, or the parliament, rejected on Friday the government proposed by Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Jemli. A total of 134 deputies voted against t
The UN Security Council on Friday re-authorized the cross-border aid mechanism for the Syrian people, which expires at midnight, after heated discussion. The 15-member
U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a resolution aiming at restraining President Donald Trump's power to take military actions against Iran without cong
00:59 The U.S. House of Representatives voted to limit the president’s power on military action against Iran.The War Powers Act requires the president get approval from Congress to go
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump’s ability to engage in military conflict against Iran, days after he
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