TEHRAN, February 20-Pakistan’s Senate has blasted the government for the secrecy surrounding Islamabad’s recent decision to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia, describing explanations by the Pakistani defense minister given to Senate representatives as insufficient and a “lollipop to a child.”
TEHRAN, February 17 - The Iranian Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Affairs Commission has condemned a US Congressional bill aimed at imposing sanctions on Iraq's Harakat Hezbollah Al Nujaba, calling it a hostile act by Washington and an indication of US failure and inaction.
TEHRAN, February 13 -Tonga’s neighbors scrambled to deliver emergency relief on Tuesday after Cyclone Gita tore across the Pacific island nation in the middle of the night, flattening the parliament , tearing roofs off homes and causing widespread flooding.
TEHRAN, February 8 - Nearly one in five people working in Britain’s Parliament were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior in the past year, said a report commissioned after a series of sex scandals at Westminster.
TEHRAN, February 8 - The Irish parliament was temporarily shut down following a furious row between several of its members over the new speaking system.
TEHRAN, January 31 - Iran’s parliament has passed general outlines of President Hassan Rouhani’s new budget bill after initially rejecting it over concerns that the proposed cuts could hit vulnerable people the hardest.
TEHRAN, January 31 -While the next year’s budget bill failed to win the votes of the Iranian MPs on its last try on Sunday, the Wednesday meeting of the legislators opened with the objective to re-work on the bill again.
TEHRAN, January 18 - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday passed a bill on the "re-integration" of the territories in the country's east controlled by Russia-backed separatists.
TEHRAN, January 16 - Iran’s President said that Muslims in different countries have expectations from their parliament s, that is their parliament s must help their leaders and officials to strengthen the spirit of brotherhood and unity in Islam’s world.
TEHRAN, January 8 - Iraq’s Parliament has passed a resolution denouncing US President Donald Trump’s contentious decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital.”
TEHRAN, December 29 - Italian President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament , setting the country on the path to a national election on March 4 that could lead to a hung parliament and a period of political turbulence.
TEHRAN, December 27 - Iran’s lawmakers on Wednesday passed a motion with a double urgency status, obliging the country’s administration to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as “the everlasting capital of Palestine”.
TEHRAN, December 23 - Iran’s Parliament Speaker proceeds Pakistan to attend a summit of challenges of confronting terrorism and the role of regional cooperation.
TEHRAN, December 4 - Catalonia's pro-independence parties were seen losing their parliament ary majority in the regional election on Dec. 21, an official poll showed on Monday.
TEHRAN, November 27 - A Kuwaiti court handed several lawmakers jail terms on Monday for forcing their way into the parliament building in 2011 - a move that could cause political turbulence in the (Persian) Gulf Arab region's most liberal state.
TEHRAN, November 11 - A protest is expected in Barcelona Saturday calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders, the day after pro-independence Catalan parliament arian Carme Forcadell was freed on bail.
TEHRAN, November 2 - South Africa's main opposition party walked out of parliament on Thursday, saying President Jacob Zuma was refusing to answer questions on how much the state had spent on legal fees fighting corruption allegations against him.