US politician Nancy Pelosi is thought to have set a new record for the longest speech ever made in the House of Representatives, after telling the stories of immigrants for eight hours. Ms Pelosi was...
The first same-sex weddings are expected to take place in Australia in early 2018. Australia’s Parliament has voted to approve same-sex marriage following years of endless debate that was finally...
It may not yet be a full-blown divorce, but the relationship between Donald Trump and the Republican Party is fast unraveling, threatening the president's prospects of steering legislation through...
Liberia's 20 presidential candidates, including a former warlord, footballer George Weah and a former fashion model, started campaigning Monday to succeed Africa's first female head of state in...
A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions, as tensions rise after the West hardened its tone against the Islamic republic. In the...
The United States Senate has voted 98-2 to impose new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, despite objections from the White House. The House of Representatives approved the bill earlier this...
US Republican efforts to reform health care neared collapse Thursday as three senators threatened to oppose a partial repeal of Obamacare unless House leaders pledged to negotiate further -- the...
US Republican efforts to reform health care hit the skids Thursday when three senators threatened to oppose a partial repeal of Obamacare unless House leaders pledged to negotiate further, leaving a...
The White House on Thursday abandoned a proposal to create a border adjustment tax which it had touted as a way of dealing with unfair competition from imports, but was strongly opposed by US...
Iran on Thursday "successfully" tested a satellite-launch rocket, days after warning Washington of a response to new US sanctions over the Islamic republic's ballistic missile programme, state...
Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released from the hospital and will undergo extended rehabilitation, the hospital announced...
Reinvigorated US Senate Republicans on Wednesday resumed their marathon effort to uproot Obamacare, but what their health legislation may ultimately look like remained a question mark. Senate...
The 51-year-old US Representative Steve Scalise, seen in 2014, "is in good spirits and is looking forward to his return to work once he completes rehabilitation" Steve Scalise, the US congressman...
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would respond in kind to any breach by the United States of the 2015 nuclear deal after the House of Representatives passed a new sanctions bill....
Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country's parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria's 1999 constitution...
US Senator John McCain returns to Washington on Tuesday for the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer, his office announced, in order to take key votes on repealing Obamacare and passing...
The US Congress is poised to approve tough new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea this week after reaching a compromise deal, which the White House indicated Sunday it could support. In...
Leaders of both parties in the US Congress have agreed on legislation that allows fresh sanctions to punish Russia for alleged election meddling. The new legislation would also sharply limit...
The Philippine Congress opened a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for an extension of martial law in the south to defeat Islamist gunmen. Duterte is widely expected...
The Philippine Congress sits in a special session Saturday to vote on President Rodrigo Duterte's bid for longer military rule over the southern third of the country in a bid to defeat Islamist...
