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Iranian Majlis (parliament) on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the generalities of a motion to counter U.S. pressures and its "terrorist and adventurous" acts in the region.
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South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday survived a no confidence motion by secret ballot.
South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye over her alleged link to a corruption scandal involving her confidante that has paralyzed the government for the past several weeks.
South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday officially set the date for the vote on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the corruption scandal rocking the country.
President Park Geun-hye will follow due legal procedures if parliament passes an impeachment motion later this week, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, apparently dismissing calls for her immediate resignation.
South Korea's three opposition parties agreed to propose the impeachment motion for President Park Geun-hye on Friday, adding the vote will take place on Dec. 9 even if the presidential office announces a plan outlining the chief executive's early resignation.
A new motion of no confidence against South African President Jacob Zuma was defeated in Parliament on Thursday.
Playing a baseball game on a sunny afternoon may soon be a way to charge your iPhone, thanks to a new fabric developed by Chinese and American scientists.
Hong Kong's Legislative Council' s (LegCo) Security Panel Tuesday passed a motion for the condemnation against Mong Kok riot.
A motion to impeach South African President Jacob Zuma failed to sail through Parliament on Tuesday.
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.
Wednesday marks a pivotal moment for the future of democracy in Hong Kong.
Chinese lawmakers will deliberate a motion to abolish the "laojiao" program, or reeducation through labor, at a bimonthly session next week.
According to the agenda published on Monday for the Dec. 23-28 session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, a State Council motion includes abolition of reeducation through labor.
The legislative body of Taiwan on Monday held a meeting to review a no-confidence motion initiated by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against Jiang Yi-huah, chief of Taiwan's administrative authority.