The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, opened its bi-monthly session on Monday with a dozen important bills under review.
Chinese lawmakers Thursday hailed harsher punishment for offenders in the Food Safety Law's latest draft revision but the provisions to be more meticulous.
Japan's Lower House of parliament on Thursday approved a bill banning the possession of child pornography with the bill expected to swiftly be passed and moved to the upper house for ratification before the current Diet session ends June 22.
A draft interpretation to China's criminal procedure law was tabled for reading on Monday to clear up ambiguities in juvenile cases.
Greece's parliament passed into law on early Monday a draft bill on the next round of reforms requested by international creditors before the disbursement of further bailout funding to the country.
The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to advance the Ukraine aid bill which would grant loan assistance to the crisis-stricken eastern European country and ratify reform measures for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Rival political parties in South Korea failed to pass a bill on nuclear security, adopted in the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in 2012, just a week ahead of the third NSS in the Netherlands.
The Italian parliament began debating an electoral bill on Wednesday, paving the way to a reform seen as a top priority in the country.
China's top legislature on Tuesday reviewed a bill on revising the workplace safety law, in an attempt to close possible loopholes.
U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to extend the country's debt limit into 2015, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority.
The Lower House of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) Wednesday passed the historic Lokpal ( Ombudsman) Bill, a day after the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) approved the anti-graft measure in an atmosphere of rare political consensus.
A special Diet committee on Thursday approved a controversial state secrecy bill, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition coming one step closer to having the bill enacted in the Upper House on Friday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he planned to set up two separate bodies within the government to ensure a clearer understanding of the designation of state secrets, amid increasing public and political resistance to a secrecy bill the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led bloc wants enacted Friday.
Japan's ruling coalition on Tuesday pushed a controversial secrecy bill through the lower house of parliament, despite staunch public and political opposition to the bill.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) criticized a Japanese government-submitted bill to impose tougher penalties on national secret leakers on Monday, local media reported.
Thai Senate on Monday rejected a government-backed amnesty bill which critics say would pave way for the return fugitive former prime minister Thakisn Shinawatra.
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