Parliament

DR Congo parliament votes out pro-Kabila PM

The vote marks the latest episode in a power struggle that has roiled sub-Saharan Africa's biggest nation for months, pitching Tshisekedi against loyalists of Kabila, who ruled the DRC for 18 years.

Italy's PM Conte to resign on Tuesday, hopes to form new government

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand in his resignation to the head of state after convening the cabinet to inform ministers of his decision.

Italian PM Conte wins confidence vote but loses overall majority

Weeks of tensions over the government's handling of the Covid-19 crisis came to a head with a late-night vote of confidence in the upper chamber that Conte won by 156 votes to 140, after almost all Italia Viva's senators abstained.

UK vows to block goods linked to Uighur 'forced labour' in China

FM Dominic Raab says UK will introduce new rules for firms to try to prevent goods linked to alleged forced labour of Muslim Uighurs in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Meanwhile, Beijing warns London not to interfere in its affairs.

Israeli lawmakers pass preliminary vote to dissolve parliament

Israel edges towards its fourth election in two years after Knesset gave preliminary approval to a bill to dissolve itself amid a crisis in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s fractious coalition. Alternate PM Gantz earlier said he would back the bill.

Indian farmers reach New Delhi to protest Modi's agriculture policy

Police use tear gas, water cannons and batons on thousands of farmers before allowing them to enter capital New Delhi for a planned protest against new laws seen as "pro-corporate".

Sri Lanka parliament approves widespread powers for president

With a large majority, the parliament approved a constitutional amendment that will concentrate powers in the president and allow duel citizens to hold political office, which could strengthen President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's familial political clout.

Kyrgyz president says he will ask parliament to vote again on PM

The move could be a formality but, if the vote to elect Sadyr Japarov as Prime Minister of Kyrgyztan fails, it could further deepen the political crisis in a strategically located country.

Jordan's King Abdullah accepts premier's resignation

King Abdullah told Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz in a letter accepting his resignation that mistakes were made in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jordan's king dissolves parliament ahead of elections

Parliament dissolvement means the government must resign within a week to pave the way for elections in November.

Libya's eastern parliament meets after rare protests erupt

Hundreds of young Libyans first flooded the streets of Benghazi and other eastern cities late, setting piles of tires ablaze, witnesses said, a spontaneous outburst of anger over the area’s crippling electricity shortages.

Angry protesters torch parliament offices in Iraq's Basra province

The protest was the most violent incident in Basra since mass anti-government demonstrations in October, when tens of thousands took to the streets in Baghdad and across the south to decry government corruption.