A renegade Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia shortly after Moscow’s invasion has been found dead near Moscow ByThe Associated Press December 6, 2023, 5:02 PM KYIV, Ukraine — A renegade Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia shortly after Moscow’s invasion was found dead on Wednesday near Moscow. The Ukrainian military intelligence lauded the killing, … Read more
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested that Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) was confused because of her age during a snarky moment on the House floor on Tuesday night. Turns out the only one confused was Greene ― and DeLauro was happy to step in and clear things up for her. Greene, a conspiracy theorist who … Read more
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s top court ruled Tuesday that the speaker and a rival lawmaker should be ousted from Parliament, following a high-profile feud between the two men. The Federal Supreme Court said in a statement it decided to terminate Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi’s membership in Parliament along with that of lawmaker Laith al-Dulaimi. It did not … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave KYIV — Ukrainian law enforcement officials on Tuesday jailed Oleksandr Dubinsky, a member of parliament who four years ago helped Rudy Giuliani in his failed attempts to dig up dirt on Joe Biden on behalf of then-president Donald Trump. Dubinsky is accused of treason for allegedly working … Read more
As Israel continues its war to eliminate Hamas in Gaza, its government is waging a simultaneous battle to root out dissent at home. On Thursday, Israeli authorities detained several high-profile Israeli Arab leaders—among them former parliamentarian Mohammad Barakeh, the chairman of the High Follow-Up Committee, the national representative body of Palestinian citizens of Israel—for organizing … Read more
Prosecutors say a lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was recently elected to the state legislature in Bavaria has been arrested ByThe Associated Press October 30, 2023, 5:51 AM BERLIN — A lawmaker with the far-right Alternative for Germany party who was recently elected to the state legislature in Bavaria was arrested … Read more
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has received “credible death threats,” she said in a statement on Wednesday, after voting against Representative Jim Jordan for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Jordan, a hardline conservative, was formally nominated by a majority of his party last week but has been unsuccessful … Read more
Comment on this storyComment The lawmaker presiding over Canada’s lower house of Parliament issued an apology Sunday after he said he became aware that the man he had celebrated during a Ukrainian delegation’s visit had served in a notorious Nazi military unit during World War II. Canada’s House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota honored 98-year-old … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year jail sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to homicide firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, recognized by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of providing a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anyone who killed Wilders. Latif didn’t seem within … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors demanded a 12-year jail sentence Tuesday for a former Pakistani cricketer accused of incitement to homicide firebrand anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders. The suspect, recognized by Wilders as Khalid Latif, is accused of providing a bounty of some 21,000 euros ($23,000) to anyone who killed Wilders. Latif didn’t seem within … Read more