After their latest get-together on Monday, the Republican Speaker said: "I felt we had a productive discussion. We don't have an agreement yet, but I did feel the discussion was productive in areas (where) we have differences of opinion." He added that negotiators would "work through the night" to move...

AMMAN,  JORDAN -   The Speaker of Jordan's Senate Faisal Fayez met with Arab Parliament Speaker Adel Abdulrahman Al-Asoomi and discussed the ways and means to activate parliamentary work and diplomacy to address the region's common interest. During the meeting, attended by Jordan's ambassador to Egypt Amjad Adaileh, the two sides...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Saqr Ghobash said that Arab parliaments should are required to coordinate parliamentary work. He said that Arab parliaments should unify positions on all common issues, activate the role of parliamentary diplomacy and cooperate in order to achieve the integration...

ABU DHABI,  UAE - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council Saqr Ghobash received the visiting Speaker of the Senate of Canada George Furey and his accompanying delegation at the FNC's headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Both sides discussed a number of issues of common interest, including  the development and activation...

BAGHDAD, IRAQ  - Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi said that an oil pipeline from Basra port to the Jordanian port of Aqaba will soon be operational pointing to many areas of cooperation between the two countries. Al-Halbousi, who spoke at a joint press conference at Baghdad airport with Jordan's Lower...

Tunis, Tunisia—The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party helped Tunisian jihadists travel to fight in Iraq and Syria. Rached Ghannouchi, an arch-rival of President Kais Saied and also head of the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, arrived in the morning at the anti-terror court...

During the session, Jordanian MP Khalil Attia was elected as second deputy speaker of the parliament, Iraqi MP Shaalan Abdul-Jabbar Al-Karim as third deputy speaker, and Egyptian MP Alaa Abed as fourth deputy speaker.

Parliament said in a brief statement on Monday that votes on the resignation of the assembly's speaker, Mohammed al-Halbussi, and the appointment of a first deputy speaker would top the agenda.

Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Saqr Ghobash discussed with Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries Fernando Mattos Costa the prospects for joint cooperation in several fields.

A top US official on Wednesday called China's military drills in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan irresponsible and warned of the danger of the situation spiraling out of control.

President Joe Biden's administration tried Friday to defuse heated Chinese warnings against a possible trip to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as Beijing announced live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait.

The UAE will raise its 2022 federal budget spending by an additional Dh1.23 billion ($334.9 million), according to the Federal National Council (FNC)

Berri's candidacy went largely unchallenged but the 84-year-old clinched only the bare minimum number of votes needed for a win -- one of his lowest counts since he first rose to the helm of parliament 30 years ago.

A Tunisian court has imposed a travel ban on the speaker of the country's now-dissolved parliament, a court spokeswoman said.

Pakistan will go to the polls to elect a new government within three months after Prime Minister Imran Khan foiled an attempt to boot him from office Sunday by getting the president to dissolve the national assembly. The presidency -- a largely ceremonial office -- acceded hours later.

Tunisia has summoned for questioning the speaker of the dissolved parliament for "conspiracy against state security" after lawmakers met online in the North African nation, a spokesman said Friday.

Birla made this statement during a joint Emirati-Indian session chaired by Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council.

Iraq's top court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of Mohammed al-Halbussi as parliament speaker, following appeals against its conduct, paving the way towards the formation of a new government.

A presidential election was due to take place on December 24, followed by legislative polls, but the UN-sponsored electoral process was postponed indefinitely due to political tensions. Those tensions pit a long-standing ally of military strongman Khalifa Haftar against a Tripoli-based interim government formed last year.

An explosion from a hand grenade hit the headquarters of Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed Halbousi’s Taqaddum party in Baghdad early on Friday wounding two guards, police sources said.

The two sides suggested the creation of a joint parliamentary friendship committee to realize the aspirations of the two countries in several areas, help exchange expertise and knowledge and best practices to serve parliamentary diplomacy.