Lawmaking

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee will resume work later this month on Democratic-led legislation...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is in a tight spot, caught between the rock...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would hand over power to whoever wins...

By Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) - There is currently no political path for launching impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President...

By Ece Toksabay and Ali Kucukgocmen ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Thousands of people took to the streets of Turkey's largest cities on...

By Libby George and Camillus Eboh LAGOS/ABUJA (Reuters) - Both chambers of Nigeria's parliament have passed a bill that overhauls...

KYIV (Reuters) - A draft law which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says will help curb the influence of oligarchs who have...

(Corrects paragraph 3 to remove reference to bill being cleared for presidential approval) ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian Senate passed...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house of parliament has passed a long-awaited oil industry bill, which will overhaul nearly every...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's withdrawal on Thursday from an international treaty to prevent violence against women is not a step...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Reuters) - Swedish caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven expressed outrage on Thursday over the killing of an on-duty...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it would propose legislation to phase out caged...

(Corrects to 'European rights court', not 'EU court' in headline) WARSAW (Reuters) -The Polish justice minister infringed on the rights...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive is considering legal action against Poland over "LGBT-free" zones set up by some...

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - After a South Korean air force master sergeant accused a colleague of sex abuse...

By Raul Cortes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he will respect a...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's king on Wednesday asked for a special parliamentary sitting to be convened before Aug. 1,...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Supreme Court said on Monday the government and Congress should legalize recreational marijuana use, bringing...

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A bill allowing commercial agriculture and mining on protected tribal reservations in Brazil advanced...

By Nathan Allen and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish government on Tuesday approved the draft of a bill to...