Tunisian Minister of Woman, Family and Childhood Naziha Al Ebeidi revealed that her ministry monitored brokers working to use the female students who left their study to operate as nannies. She added, on the sideline of the parliamentary session allocated to question a number of ministers, that the ministry follows such cases, saying that such exercises violate the rights ofRead more
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, fresh from meetings and golfing with U.S. President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he plans to visit Germany in March to discuss U.S. foreign policy with Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Kyodo News Agency.
"I want to talk about the relationship among Japan, the United States, Germany and the European Union," Abe said at a parliamentaryRead more
Speaker of the House of Representatives Ali Abdel Aal denied on Wednesday reports carried by a satellite TV channel on Tuesday to the effect that the House is seeking to amend an article in the Constitution regarding the term in office of the president.
He added during a parliamentary session today that these reports are groundless and bare of truth.Read more
Minister of Local Development Ahmed Zaki Badr on Tuesday said at a parliamentary session that the government has not so far decided to increase public transportation fare prices.
The minister's remarks were made in response to a question by a lawmaker, who is a member of the parliamentary local administration committee, on the prices of trains and other public transportationRead more
The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday his party’s members of parliament would vote for General Michel Aoun, a Hezbollah ally, to become president of Lebanon at a parliamentary session at the end of October.
Lebanon has been without a president for more than two years, leading to breakdowns in many basic services and raisingRead more