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Rodriguez takes oath as Venezuela’s interim president

Caracas, Venezuela—Venezuela's parliament swore in Delcy Rodriguez as interim president on Monday, two days after US forces seized her predecessor Nicolas Maduro to face trial...

Thai prime minister dissolves parliament, sets up national polls

Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand's Prime Minister dissolved parliament on Friday after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way for general elections early next...

Japan elects Takaichi as first woman Prime Minister

Tokyo, Japan—Japan officially got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan's...

Japan’s Takaichi eyes bigger coalition

TOKYO—Japan’s incoming new prime minister Sanae Takaichi has approached an opposition party with a view to expanding the governing coalition to give it a...

Syria selects parliament in contested election process

DAMASCUS – Syria will select members of its first post-Assad parliament on Sunday in a process criticized as undemocratic, with a third of the...

Thai tycoon wins parliament vote to become prime minister

Bangkok, Thailand—Thai conservative construction magnate Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday won a parliament vote to serve as the nation's next prime minister, according to an Agence...

Royal officials nix parliament dissolution bid

BANGKOK – Thai royal officials rejected a request by the ruling party to dissolve parliament, the country’s acting prime minister said Thursday, clearing the...

Acting Thai government moves to dissolve parliament

Bangkok, Thailand—Thailand's acting prime minister has moved to dissolve parliament, his party said Wednesday, after the largest opposition party backed a rival candidate to lead...

Netanyahu survives bid to dissolve parliament

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government survived an opposition bid to dissolve parliament on Thursday, as lawmakers rejected a bill that could have...

Serbia opposition disrupts parliament with flares, tear gas—speaker

Belgrade, Serbia—Serbian opposition lawmakers lit flares and discharged suspected tear gas during the opening day of the spring session of parliament on Tuesday, in a...

German president dissolves parliament, sets Feb 23 election date

Berlin, Germany—German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected date for the early general election prompted by the collapse of Olaf...

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...
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