Pakistan’s ruling party plans to pass long-delayed legislation against “honour killings” within weeks in the wake of the high-profile murder of an outspoken social media star, the daughter of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday.
A leader from India's ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) resigned on Monday from the parliament, officials said.
The leader of Australia's Liberal-National Party (LNP) coalition, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, claimed victory in the federal election on Sunday eight days after polls closed.
Iran's new Majlis (parliament) opened on Saturday with top Iranian officials urging Majlis to play active roles in the domestic and international affairs.
Thwarted in the last parliament, South Korean President Park Geun-hye may be facing her last chance to push through a series of bills aimed at bolstering a flagging economy despite a legislature that will soon be in opposition control.
The Okinawa prefectural parliament passed a resolution Thursday, protesting against the murder of a 20-year-old local woman by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian and demanding the withdrawal of U.S. Marines from the southernmost island prefecture.
British Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell on Monday urged Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon to stop talking about a second independence referendum and "get on with governing Scotland".
Indian parliament (the country's lawmaking body) Monday passed the Anti-Hijacking Bill-2016 that provides death penalty to the hijackers even if ground handling staff and airport personnel are killed during such hijacking bids, officials said.
Iraq's parliament approved five cabinet members as part of a reshuffle presented by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is facing pressure to finalize the stalled reforms, official television reported Tuesday.
Thousands of Icelanders gathered in front of the parliament on Monday evening to express their anger against the government following the release of the so-called "Panama Papers", which suggest Icelandic prime minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and other two cabinet members have ties to offshore companies.
Myanmar is in the transition process for forming a new government in accordance with the result of general election held on Nov. 8 last year.
Myanmar has formed an advisory review commission to the Union Parliament comprising two Houses to cooperate in handling legal affairs and special cases, parliament sources said Tuesday.
Myanmar's union parliament Tuesday reset March 10 instead of March 17 for presidential run, for which three groups of the union parliament representatives are to nominate their respective candidates.
Myanmar's newly-elected region or state parliament on Monday began their first sessions separately in respective regions and states in Myanmar, which also took place simultaneously with the union parliament.
Myanmar's union parliament on Monday announced March 17 as the date for three groups of the union parliament representatives to nominate their respective candidates for presidential run.
Female Australian MPs will from Tuesday be allowed to breastfeed in the House of Representatives, after standing orders banning "guests" in the chamber were revised to exclude children of breastfeeding age.
New Speaker of Myanmar's parliamentary House of Representatives (lower house) U Win Myint took over the duty from outgoing House speaker U Shwe Mann Monday in Nay Pyi Taw, according to U Shwe Mann's social website.
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