A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress on Thursday asked the Justice Department to clarify how a looming rule change to the government's hacking powers could impact privacy rights of innocent Americans.
Brazilian lawmakers from the Workers' Party have filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for help in the impeachment trial of President Dilma Rousseff.
China's top legislature on Monday started its bi-monthly session, with lawmakers discussing revisions to the Wildlife Protection Law, and reviews of the civil code and the asset appraisal law, among others.
A Cambodian court on Friday convicted three military commandos of beating up two opposition lawmakers outside the parliament last year, and sentenced them to one year each in prison. The legislators’ lawyer called the punishment too lenient.
The Legislative Council budget debate ground to a halt for the third time in as many weeks as too few lawmakers were present in the chamber on Friday, threatening not just to delay approval for public spending but also to add to the backlog of bills to be passed.
Pro-establishment members blame pan-democrats for the adjournment, saying 10 hours of debate has been wasted; the other camp disagrees
Most of proposed changes came from pan-democrat trio who vowed to filibuster Appropriation Bill, claiming it neglects low-income earners
The lower house of Brazil's parliament on Sunday evening gave the go-ahead for the impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
Premier Li Keqiang and other Chinese leaders joined national lawmakers Tuesday to deliberate the government work report, stressing reform and development.
Three of the alleged attackers in last week’s savage gang-bashing of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly turned themselves in and confessed yesterday, the government announced late last evening.
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday condemned the savage beating of two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, before then insisting the violence was wholly unrelated to the pro-ruling party rally from which its perpetrators emerged.
Some 70 Japanese lawmakers visited the notorious war-linked Yasukuni shrine Tuesday, following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ritual offering and two ministers' visits.
China's Hong Kong Legislative Council on Thursday vetoed a motion of the proposed universal suffrage for selecting the region's next chief executive in 2017.
About 110 Japanese lawmakers from a nonpartisan group on Friday morning visited the notorious Yasukuni Shrine as it kicks off a four-day autumn festival.
The electoral reform set for 2017 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) must adhere to Basic Law and regional realities, legislators said Tuesday.
Iraqi lawmakers convened their third meeting on Tuesday to choose new leaders that would form a new government to avoid possible split-up amid continuous sectarian clashes.
Veteran lawmaker Mao Fengmei considers himself well prepared for the upcoming annual session of China's top legislature. This year, the 66-year-old's main concern is raising subsistence allowances for needy rural residents.
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