Wellington: New Zealand’s Parliament was suspended for a short period on Thursday, October 9, after visitors in the public gallery broke into a haka, a traditional Maori dance. The incident took place ...

Ash Regan, the Alba Party’s only MSP in the Scottish Parliament, has quit the party. Regan will now sit as an independent MSP representing the Edinburgh Eastern constituency in Holyrood until next May ...

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BULAWAYO – Nkulumane MP Desire Moyo (CCC) died early Friday after he drove into an elephant near Shangani on the Harare-Bulawayo highway. He was returning from parliament in Harare with four ...

Franciszek Sterczewski, the Polish MP detained in Israel following an attack on the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla last week, has been fined by his ruling party, the Civic Coalition (PO), for ...

A bill that would have given people with drug and alcohol addictions the legal right to treatment has been rejected by the Scottish Parliament. Former Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who ...

New Zealand's parliament has been suspended for a short period when people in the public gallery broke into a haka after the newest member of parliament for the Maori party finished her maiden speech.

A new report has warned of a "clear decline in trust" in the Scottish government since devolution, with less than half of respondents saying it acts in the country's best interests. The Scottish ...

Nicola Sturgeon picked her best and worst MSPs at the Scottish Parliament - after some hesitation. Nicola Sturgeon has claimed former Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross is Scotland’s “worst” MSP. The ...

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