The 44th Parliament of Australia started on Tuesday morning with a Welcome to Country and indigenous smoking ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra.
The center-right Christian Social People's Party (CSV) suffered loss of three seats when compared with its last performance in 2009, while still taking the lead in Luxembourg's early general elections on Sunday, official results showed.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Tuesday continued their talks aimed at finding a way to break through political stalemate.
Cambodia's long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and long-time opposition leader Sam Rainsy began talks Monday in a last-ditch effort to break through political impasse.
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Thursday appealed to its supporters to take part in a three-day mass protest against the July 28 election results that handed victory to the Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party.
Politicians from Australia's two major parties are preparing for their campaign to win key marginal seats in Queensland ahead of the September 7 federal election, local media reported on Monday.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen has claimed victory in Sunday's general elections.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the two other parties which support easing the rules for constitutional amendments are unlikely to secure the two-thirds majority in the upper house required to change the rules, Kyodo News exit polls showed following Sunday's election.
The ruling coalition has achieved a parliamentary simple majority to retain power in Malaysia's general election, Election Commission said early Monday
The Israeli political framework after Tuesday's elections shows Israelis have forsaken the traditional right/left parties and pinned their hope in smaller- scale center parties, led by the surprise of the elections, Yesh Atid.