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Senior member of Pakistan PM Imran Khan's ruling party forms breakaway gro
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] May 20, (ANI): Estranged leader of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jahangir Khan Tareen has formed a group of like-minded lawmakers in the lower house of parliament as well as the Punjab Assembly, The Express Tribune reported late on Tuesday.
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European Parliament likely to vote on motion to freeze China investment de
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 19 (ANI): The European Parliament is expected to pass a motion on Thursday pushing to formally freeze the European investment agreement with China in the wake of sanctions on EU lawmakers by Beijing.
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Amid competition with China, US lawmakers move proposal to upgrade naval s
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New York [US], May 19 (ANI): In a bid to prepare for a greater power competition with China, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers has proposed a USD 25 billion cash infusion into America's outdated naval shipyards.
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US lawmakers write to Biden, seek continued efforts in Afghanistan after t
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Washington [US], May 19 (ANI): Representatives of US House on Wednesday wrote to President Joe Biden, stating that the United States needs a strategy to sustain its Afghan military partners after full withdrawal of troops.
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Amid international pressure, Israel likely to move towards ceasefire with
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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 16 (ANI): As the deadly conflict between Israel and Palestine entered its seventh day, Israeli officials on Sunday indicated that a ceasefire could be coming after mounting pressure from US President Joe Biden and other American lawmakers following the recent airstrike
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Japan ruling party calls for joining genocide convention with eye on China
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Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit next month, lawmakers from Japan's ruling party has drafted proposals for the government, to advance the issue of human rights diplomacy amid growing scrutiny of abuses in China's Xinjiang province.
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Myanmar's junta brands ousted lawmakers terrorists
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 9 (ANI): Myanmar's military junta has designated the National Unity Government ousted in a February coup, and its defense force as terrorist groups, NHK World reports.
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EU-China deal inches closer to end as European lawmakers fume over Chinese
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Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): Amid repeated confrontations with China over retaliatory sanctions on elected officials, European lawmakers are up in opposition to the trade deal with Beijing signed last year, the pact to which many were already opposed.
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Lawmakers in Pak's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa booked for attacking medics
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 5 (ANI): Police have booked two sitting lawmakers for storming Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) and attacking doctors and nurses there during protests that took place after a boy who sustained gun wounds died at the hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, recently,
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Parcel bomb kills NLD lawmaker, 4 others in Myanmar
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Naypyitaw [Myanmar], May 4 (ANI): As many as five people died in a parcel bomb explosion in the city of Bago on Monday, including an ousted member of parliament from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), according to local media reports.
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Central Tibetan Administration thanks Japanese lawmakers for supporting it
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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government-in-exile, Dr Lobsang Sangay has thanked the All-Party Japanese Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet for its continuous support for the Tibetan
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Iraq may re-impose health restrictions for mid-May Eid al-Fitr holiday
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Baghdad [Iraq], April 30 (ANI/Xinhua): An Iraqi lawmaker said on Thursday that Iraq may re-impose some health restrictions including a full curfew during the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, as the Ministry of Health reported 6,926 new COVID-19 cases.
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