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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
Iraqi President Barham Salih has revealed he has introduced a bill in the parliament to recuperate nearly $150 billion he believes has been smuggled out of the country since 2003. Salih in a televised speech Saturday said Government and international Read more
The opposition in Kuwait won Sunday 24 seats of the 50-member parliament following Saturday elections. The electoral committee released the results of the polls that took place in the five districts of the Gulf country. Political parties are banned in Read more
Kuwait’s parliament has further extended the self-quarantine of its members for ten more days after a coffee boy tested positive for novel covid-19, Gulf News reports. The attendant, an expat who serves drinks to the lawmakers tested positive for the Read more
The Iranian parliament Sunday impeached the country’s economic affairs and finance minister as U.S. renewed sanctions on the Islamic Republic take toll on the economy and national currency, Rial. The vote in the parliament removed Masoud Karbasian from office after Read more
Many Iraqi members of the parliament (MPs) are fleeing the country over fears to be sued for corruption as a new parliament is about to be sworn in, The New Arab reports. As many as 45 outgoing members of the Read more
The Iraqi parliament Wednesday ordered a nation-wide manual re-count of votes of the May 12 parliamentary elections following comments by outgoing Prime Minister arguing that the election was marred by irregularities. The legislature passed a law demanding the manual re-count, Read more
Former TV journalist who made world news after throwing his shoes at former US President Georges Bush has announced he is running for May 12 parliamentary elections, saying he seeks to stamp out corruption and end presence of foreign forces Read more
Moroccan MPs condemned Washington’s decision to move its embassy to occupied Al-Quds, saying it violates international law and undermines peace process between Palestinians and Israelis. In a joint session held Monday by the two houses of the Parliament, in presence Read more
The Dutch government Friday announced that Dutch lawmakers have opposed a visit by Turkish deputy Prime Minister to attend commemoration by Turkish expatriates of last year failed coup as diplomatic tension between the two countries continues. Tuğrul Türkeş and other Read more