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The building of the national assembly in Cape Town, South Africa caught fire on Sunday morning, with flames and black smoke seen from far away. Flames have been spreading in the building from the fire, which started around 5am, local media reports, citing officials. It has spread to the roof, …

Fistfights broke out among lawmakers in the Jordanian parliament on Tuesday, following a heated debate on several controversial constitutional reforms, including a gender equality amendment. The session had to be adjourned. Live footage of the minutes-long brawl aired on state media showed irate MPs shoving, grabbing, and throwing punches as …

Representatives of the right-wing populist LDPR party submitted the resolution to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Monday, proposing to send it to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to other authorities across the country. The document reads, “the Duma once more calls attention to the importance of …

The protesters came to Parliament Square in Westminster as the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill was debated in the House of Lords. The controversial draft legislation would expand police powers to restrict and control all public protests, while reinforcing the punishment for causing a public disturbance. The demonstrators …

The overall objective of the gathering at the Regent Warsaw Hotel was to form a supergroup in the European Parliament, which would become the second-largest in the EU’s only elected institution. In attendance were the leader of Poland’s Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, France’s …

Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has reportedly vowed to call in the police after traces of cocaine and other drugs were detected in Westminster, the Sunday Times said on Sunday. The problem is said to be so serious, it will be discussed by the House of Commons Commission next week. “It may …

Speaking to RIA Novosti on Monday about the proposals, Vitaly Milonov of the governing United Russia party confirmed that the law will be scrutinized in the State Duma and that work on the text is underway. “The legal solution to this situation is just around the corner,” he said. Milonov, …

Europe probably has the most infiltrated foreign policy circles out of any region on the planet. Why so, you may ask? Precisely because it harbours a ridiculous number of US funded think tanks and institutions dedicated, primarily, to lobbying on behalf of American foreign policy goals, to such an extent …

A parliamentary spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that politicians have been told to wear face coverings to reflect the risk posed due to “recent increases in Covid across the country,” with the measures set to be reviewed in two weeks’ time. Chairs of parliamentary committees are also urged to use their …

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