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Newly elected reformist MPs said they would not compromise in their efforts to change the way Lebanon is run. The parliament has re-elected Nabih Berri for a seventh term as Speaker of Parliament, during the first parliamentary session held since Read more
Bahrain and Oman inked Tuesday a parliamentary cooperation agreement to strengthen relations between the two countries, Zawya reports. Parliament Speaker Fouzia Zainal and Oman’s Shura Council chairman Shaikh Khalid bin Hilal Al Mawali signed the memorandum of cooperation. The deal Read more
Tunisia’s military court has condemned Issam Barkouk; a lawmaker in the country’s suspended parliament, to 10 months in prison with immediate effect, for “attacking the dignity of the army and President Kais Saied’’. The ruling, in absentia, comes almost two Read more
The renewed Iraqi parliament held Sunday its first session in the capital Baghdad, almost three months after legislative polls. The parliament, Anadolu news agency reported citing Iraqi state-run news agency INA, is due to elect a speaker and two deputies Read more
Mustafa Şentop, speaker of the Turkish parliament, Monday charged the West for being “patron of international terrorism”, reports say. Sentop made the comments while speaking to a panel on Islamophobia in Europe being held in the capital, Ankara, Middle East Read more
King Mohammed VI has called on the newly formed government and Parliament to work hand in hand for the implementation of the new development model, stressing that it is “not a blueprint for development in the traditional, rigid sense of Read more
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, on Friday delivered a speech to the parliament on the occasion of the opening of the 1st session of the 1st legislative year of Read more
The office of Tunisian President Kais Saied announced Monday the dismissal of Sihem Ayadi, the country’s caretaker minister of Youth Affairs, Sport and Workforce Development, in continuity of the leader’s purge campaign. The office did not provide explanation for the Read more
The Iranian parliament Wednesday rubber-stamped all President Ebrahim Raisi’s nominees for his new administration, but rejected Hossein Baghgoli’s choice for education portfolio. The parliament approved, with overwhelming majorities, other nominations, including Raisi’s choices for Foreign and Defense ministers, Hossein Read more
The Kuwaiti police have arrested Jamal Al-Sayer, a prominent political activist and poet, for insulting Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, reports say. Al-Sayer, his lawyer told Reuters, has been detained since Monday evening following his interception by three police cars Read more