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    Party hangover: Boris Johnson faces crunch day in parliament

    12 Jan 2022

    Opposition lawmakers have called for Johnson to resign and some in his own Conservative Party have said he should quit if he is found to have broken strict laws his government brought in to prevent the spread of the virus.

    VIDEO: Lawmakers brawl in Honduras Congress ahead of new president's inauguration

    22 Jan 2022

    Lawmakers exchanged blows in the Honduran Congress Friday as a dispute among members of president-elect Xiomara Castro's party turned violent.

    New Zealand protesters block streets outside parliament

    08 Feb 2022

    The "convoy for freedom" protesters arrived from all corners of New Zealand and gathered outside the parliament building in the capital Wellington, called the Beehive, ahead of the first speech for the year by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

    All eyes on Pakistan as Imran Khan loses no-confidence vote

    10 Apr 2022

    As many as 174 lawmakers voted in favour of the motion to oust the premier without PTI dissenters. Ayaz Sadiq couldn’t cast vote as he was chairing the session. Treasury benches lawmakers left the house after Asad Qaiser stepped down from his post and handed over the charge to Ayaz Sadiq.

    Kuwait's government resigns as political crisis intensifies

    05 Apr 2022

    Kuwait's government resigned on Tuesday, just months after its formation as Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah submitted the cabinet's resignation to the crown prince, state-run KUNA news agency reported.

    EU parliament declares Russia ‘state sponsor of terrorism’

    23 Nov 2022

    "The deliberate attacks and atrocities carried out by the Russian Federation against the civilian population of Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law amount to acts of terror," a resolution approved by EU lawmakers said.

    Sri Lanka's ousted president says he 'took all possible steps' to prevent crisis

    16 Jul 2022

    In the letter, Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka’s financial crisis was rooted in years of economic mismanagement that pre-dated his presidency and in the COVID-19 pandemic that drastically reduced Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals and remittances from foreign workers.

    VIDEO: Hasta la vista, baby! UK's Johnson bows out in parliament

    20 Jul 2022

    To one last round of cheers from his recently mutinous MPs, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson bowed out of his final setpiece event in parliament Wednesday, signing off by saying: "Hasta la vista, baby!"

    Pro-Sadr protesters occupy Iraq parliament

    30 Jul 2022

    Iraqi security forces used tear gas and sound bombs to try to repel the demonstrators. An expected parliament session did not take place and there were no lawmakers in the hall.

    Hundreds camp at Iraqi parliament for second day

    31 Jul 2022

    The health ministry said at least 100 protesters and 25 security personnel were hurt in the confrontation. Nearly 10 months after October elections, Iraq is still without a new government despite intense negotiations between factions.

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