World & Nation
President Yoon Suk-yeol boycotted formal opening of South Korea’s National Assembly as squabbles with the opposition deepen over allegations of wrongdoing.
Sept. 2, 2024
Thailand’s Parliament elects Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, as prime minister.
Aug. 16, 2024
Journalists saw at least three bodies outside the complex where police had opened fire, and medical workers reported five others killed.
June 25, 2024
President William Ruto says he won’t approve the bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead.
June 26, 2024
Tensions over a government proposal that opponents say will further impoverish Italy’s poorer south erupted into a fistfight in Parliament’s lower house.
June 13, 2024
Influencers and candidates in prison have won seats in the powerful European Parliament, with social media playing an outsized role.
June 12, 2024
For the first time since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, it fails to secure a parliamentary majority on its own.
June 5, 2024
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who has close ties to the country’s Revolutionary Guard, has catapulted to the front of the bevy of candidates.
June 3, 2024
Iran’s hard-liners have won most of the remaining seats in an election runoff to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities say.
May 11, 2024
The lawmakers passed the controversial law that will govern how the country calls up new soldiers at a time it needs to replenish depleted forces.
April 11, 2024