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South Korea police raid president’s office

Seoul, South Korea — South Korean police said Wednesday that they raided President Yoon Sook Yeol's office, as the investigation into his declaration of...

Pinoys remain calm as unrest roils Seoul

Filipinos in South Korea have remained calm after martial law was declared and subsequently lifted, according to an official from the Department of Foreign...

Canada PM Trudeau survives no-confidence vote but remains on thin ice

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday survived a vote of no confidence in the first major test for his minority Liberal government whose...

UK’s Boris Johnson quits as MP, claiming witch-hunt in parliament

Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson angrily quit as a member of parliament on Friday, claiming he had been forced out in a stitch-up...

Japan expels YouTuber MP who never came to work

A celebrity gossip YouTuber-turned-lawmaker became the first MP expelled by Japan’s parliament in over 70 years Wednesday, having not shown up to work once. Yoshikazu...

French PM to face baptism of fire in divided parliament

By Adam Plowright French Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne will on Wednesday lay out the government's policy priorities in her first speech in front of what...

Macron’s majority in doubt after first-round of parliament vote

By Adam Plowright and Joseph Schmid French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance was in danger of falling short of a majority after a first round...

Iraq’s top court upholds re-election of parliament speaker

Iraq's top court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of Mohammed al-Halbussi as parliament speaker, following appeals against its conduct, paving the way towards the...

Daughter of Kazakhstan leader prepares to run for parliament

The eldest daughter of Kazakhstan’s historic leader Nursultan Nazarbayev returned to politics Wednesday as she prepared to run for parliament just six months after...

Canada parliament goes virtual during pandemic

Canada's parliament has gone virtual through the pandemic, assembling MPs across six time zones and giving a rare peek at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's...

Netanyahu asks for immunity

Jerusalem"•Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday asked parliament for immunity, weeks after the embattled premier was indicted on a range of corruption charges. Netanyahu,...

Four killed in attack on symbol of British democracy

Four people were killed and 40 injured after being run over and stabbed in a lightning attack at the gates of British democracy attributed...
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