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The assembly hall of the parliament building is pictured in Damascus on October 1, 2025. (Louai Beshara / AFP)
October 5, 2025, 10:29 am
Syria to select parliament members in process branded undemocratic
Interim leader Sharaa will directly appoint one third of legislators, also controls process for choosing the rest
By Maher Al-Mounes
Parliament meets to confirm Lebanon's new government at a Beirut theater known as the UNESCO palace so that parliament members could observe social distancing measures imposed over the coronavirus pandemic, September 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
May 31, 2022, 12:13 pm
Lebanon’s newly elected and divided parliament holds first session
New legislature ushered in as Lebanon remains in the grip of the worst economic crisis in its modern history; parliament includes no majority coalition
By Bassam Mroue
In this file photo from October 31, 2016, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri addresses a parliamentary session in the capital Beirut. (AFP Photo/Pool/Joseph Eid)
May 23, 2018, 2:49 pm
New Lebanon parliament re-elects Hezbollah ally as speaker
Nabih Berri of the Amal Movement, allied with the Shiite terror group, has served in the position since 1992
By AFP
Swedish Parliament speaker Urban Ahlin, left, with Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, November 15, 2017 (Jorge Novominsky)
November 16, 2017, 11:42 am
Swedish parliament speaker: We seek better ties with Israel
In Jerusalem, Urban Ahlin acknowledges ‘differences of opinion’ but insists that Stockholm is a ‘steadfast friend’ of the Jewish state
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of the Knesset plenum in session, July 29, 2013 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebNovember 15, 2017, 3:58 pm
Israeli Parliament eases regulation on startup equity crowdfunding
Calcalist: Private companies will be allowed to issue bonds or raise fixed-income debt from the public through crowdfunding platforms
Kuwait's ruling emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah dissolved parliament by royal decree on Sunday
October 30, 2017, 4:52 pm
Kuwait’s ruling emir orders cabinet dissolved amid turmoil
Move comes after lawmakers grilled acting information minister, a member of Kuwait’s ruling family, over budget issues
By Hussain al-Qatari
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kevin Vickers on November 12, 2014 (photo credit: Chaim Tzemach/GPO/Courtesy)
November 12, 2014, 11:27 pm
PM hails Canada’s parliament shooting hero
Kevin Vickers visits Israel for a security conference; Netanyahu says Ottawa attack proves ‘Islamic extremist terrorism knows no borders’
By AP and ToI Staff
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team walks past a gate on Parliament hill in Ottawa Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld)
October 22, 2014, 5:51 pm
Canadian soldier dies of wounds as police hunt Ottawa shooters
One gunman killed, other suspects believed at large; prime minister brought to safety; downtown Ottawa on lockdown
By AFP
An illustrative photo of a potential voter at a perfume shop in Kuwait (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash 90)
July 27, 2013, 12:24 pm
Kuwaiti voters brave searing heat to cast ballots
Candidates allied with ruling dynasty likely to win big in third parliamentary elections in 17 months
March 29, 2013, 9:42 am
Tunisia rejects special parliament bloc for Jews
Proposal by Jewish leadership drew criticism for dividing country along religious lines rather than citizenship status
March 27, 2013, 8:55 am
Psychiatric tests for anti-Semitic terror suspect
Polish prosecutors request a month of observation of man accused of plotting to bomb country’s parliament
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks at the Shura Council, the country's upper house of parliament, in Cairo, Saturday, December 29 (photo credit: AP/Egyptian State TV)
From the WebFebruary 22, 2013, 2:33 am
Egypt’s Morsi calls parliamentary elections for April
Reuters: Four-stage vote for lawmakers in lower house to culminate in June
November 10, 2012, 12:17 am
Holocaust opera to premiere in Austrian parliament
‘Spiegelground’ focuses on murdered children the Nazis considered physically and mentally inferior
By George Jahn
Workers clean inside the Egyptian parliament in Cairo on Monday, July 9, 2012. (photo credit: Mohammed Asad/AP)
July 10, 2012, 3:05 am
New crisis looms in Egypt over legislature’s fate
Supreme Constitutional Court warns president against opening shuttered parliament
By Hamza Hendawi
Protesters in Cairo after the ruling on Thursday. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
June 14, 2012, 5:29 pm
Egyptians protest as court dissolves parliament, confirms Shafiq candidacy
Mohammed Morsi: Millions over the weekend will say ‘no’ to tyrants
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