Lawmaking

KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian parliament has approved a declaration of a state of emergency in the entire country, except for...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey has sent a request to the United Arab Emirates to detain and repatriate Sedat Peker, a convicted...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian lawmakers plan to amend the constitution to compel a new president to nominate the cabinet within...

By Emma Pinedo, Christina Thykjaer and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) - Pablo Casado, leader of Spain's centre-right opposition People's Party,...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have launched a criminal investigation of nine people in connection with a woman who appeared...

By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Daphne Psaledakis and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United...

DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - A loud blast was heard early on Wednesday in the center of the city of Donetsk,...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government on Tuesday said it was submitting a series of legal reforms to the congress aimed...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has made a decision to evacuate its diplomatic staff from Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian leader Vladimir Putin got the green light from his upper house of parliament on Tuesday to...

By Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela must reinforce its separation of powers, especially the independence of its judicial branch,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin ratified friendship treaties with two Moscow-backed Ukrainian breakaway republics on Tuesday, the Kremlin...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper house of parliament for permission to use Russia's armed...

DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Six blasts could be heard on Tuesday in the centre of the separatist-held city of Donetsk...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-backed separatist leader Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday that Moscow formally recognised the breakaway region of Donetsk...

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The top ranking United States diplomat in Ukraine, Kristina Kvien, on Tuesday said Russian President Vladimir...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia respected the sovereignty of other ex-Soviet republics and that...

By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A top European Union official on Tuesday said the Polish president's move to dismantle...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's lower house of parliament voted on Tuesday to approve friendship treaties with two self-proclaimed people's republics...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who...