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Pakistan PM Imran Khan advises President to dissolve National Assembly

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan shocked the Opposition by advising President Arif Alvi to dissolve National Assembly.

Dynamite News

Pakistan's Imran Khan calls for new elections after no-confidence motion blocked

The National Assembly deputy speaker blocked the motion against Khan.

Axios

Will France’s Yellow Vests come back to haunt Macron on election day?

The most potent protest movement in recent French history, the Yellow Vest uprising looked at one point like it might bring a premature end to Emmanuel Macron’s presidency. More than three years after it was smothered, its politicised remnants are counting on their ballots to finish the job.

France 24

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Pakistan’s Khan faces removal: How do no-confidence motions work?

With PM Khan’s ouster likely to bring another round of instability in Pakistan, a look at how no-confidence vote works.

Al Jazeera

Explainer-Pakistan PM Khan faces difficult no confidence vote

Pakistani opposition political parties have introduced a no-confidence vote in parliament seeking the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan, largely on accusations of economic mismanagement.

Reuters

Ecuador's Lasso says he will use decrees after another legislative defeat

Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said on Tuesday he would use decrees, referendums and other tools to meet his election promise to reactivate the country's struggling economy, bypassing the national assembly, where lawmakers have rejected his proposals.

Reuters

El Salvador declares state of emergency as gang murders soar

El Salvador’s National Assembly in an early morning session on Sunday approved a state of emergency request made by President Nayib Bukele to tame a wave of gang-related killings over the weekend.

Tribune News Service

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A week before elections, Hungary's Orban remains the EU's enfant terrible

On 3 April, Hungary goes to the ballot box to elect 199 members of the National Assembly. The choice is between the Fidesz party of incumbent Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose populist policies have estranged him from Brussels, and a coalition of opposition parties led by Peter Marki-zay. Despite Orban's…

Radio France Internationale

Why is Pakistan’s opposition seeking PM Imran Khan’s removal?

Parliament meets to vote on no-confidence motion moved by opposition, backed by dissident members of Khan’s party.

Al Jazeera

Amid political uncertainty, Pakistan Interior Minister hints at early polls

Prime Minister Imran Khan faces no-confidence motion proposed by Opposition

The Hindu

Prominent Somali Woman Lawmaker Among 15 Killed in Bombing

A prominent Somali woman lawmaker is among at least 15 people killed in a suicide bombing that hit a polling station in rural central Somalia, police said Thursday. The attack took place late Wednesday in the town of Beledweyne, the capital of Somalia's Hiran region. Among its victims was opposition…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Venezuelan same-sex couples still wait for right to marry

Ana Margarita Rojas and Elena Hernáiz have shared their lives for more than three decades and raised a son together in Venezuela's capital

The Independent UK

Imran Khan antagonizes Pak army, faces ouster

A drowning man will catch a straw, as the proverb goes.

Dynamite News

Beleaguered Imran pats India’s foreign policy

Pak. PM slams Army, Opposition; faces no-confidence motion in National Assembly on March 25

The Hindu

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Kuwait’s Public Works Minister Survives No-Confidence Vote

Kuwait's Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Youth Affairs Ali Al-Mousa survived on Wednesday a vote of no-confidence. The National Assembly renewed confidence in the minister after 22 members voted in favor out of the 43 MPs who attended the session. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim said on…

The Conversation

Namibia badly needs refurbishment after 32 years under the ruling party

Namibia has been a presidential democracy since independence from South Africa in 1990. Much executive power is vested in the head of state, who is elected directly every five years in parallel to the National Assembly.

Reuters

Ecuador's Lasso seeks rule changes over limits for abortion in rape cases

Ecuador's president, Guillermo Lasso, a conservative former banker, on Tuesday said he would propose tightening time limits for abortion in cases of rape after new rules were approved by the South American country's National Assembly in February.

Reuters

Analysis-S.Korea's president-elect harnessed voter discontent. Now comes the hard part

South Korea's new president-elect harnessed widespread public discontent and disillusionment to win Wednesday's election but the same volatile forces that brought him to power may complicate his efforts to enact reforms, analysts said.

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Kuwaiti Officials Demand Establishing Emergency Body on Backdrop of Russian-Ukrainian War

Kuwait’s National Assembly held a special session on Monday to discuss the developments of the Russian-Ukrainian war and its regional impacts. During the session, the lawmakers called for establishing a general emergency, crisis and disaster management body. They demanded developing and expanding the food storage system and grain silos and…

Bangkok Post

Former Democrat leader Bhichai dies aged 96

Bhichai Rattakul, former leader of the Democrat Party and former president of the National Assembly, died at Siriraj Hospital on Monday. He was 96.

Reuters

Ecuador legislature approves rules for abortion in cases of rape

Ecuador's National Assembly on Thursday approved regulations to allow women and girls access to abortions in cases of rape, amid widespread debate about the issue in the mostly conservative country.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kuwait: Defense, Interior Ministers' Resignation Could Lead to Dissolving the National Assembly

Kuwait's defense and interior ministers submitted their resignations to the prime minister on Wednesday over "abuse of interrogations." Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber al-Ali and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmed Mansour al-Ahmed submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah in protest of "the abuse of the use of…

Reuters

French bill 'democratising sport' moved to National Assembly

(This Feb.16 story corrects headline and paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 7 of Feb 16 story to show amendment relating to hijab had been removed before returning to Senate)

Radio France Internationale

French Senate finalises moves to return Nazi looted artworks to owners

The French senate has approved the return of 15 artworks looted from Jews during World War II, the last step in a process that started in the National Assembly in January. The move will open the door to further restitutions.

France 24

Explainer: What does a French president do?

French voters go to the ballot box on April 10 and 24 to elect a new president or to re-elect the incumbent Emmanuel Macron, who is eligible to stand for a second and final consecutive five-year term. France's head of state enjoys considerable powers compared to many other world leaders.…

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