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Australian PM inches closer to winning majority government INTERNATIONAL

Australian PM inches closer to winning majority government

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull edged closer to winning a majority government on Saturday, securing a 74th seat in parliament as counting of votes in the country's marathon election entered a seventh day.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australians swing against ruling coalition in knife-edge election INTERNATIONAL

Australians swing against ruling coalition in knife-edge election

Australia appeared to be heading for a ok, hung parliament or a minority government with half the votes counted in a national poll on Saturday, potentially blocking Prime Minister Malcolm ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Modi notches upper-house gains, eyes Uttar Pradesh battle INTERNATIONAL

Modi notches upper-house gains, eyes Uttar Pradesh battle

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has notched up gains in elections to India's upper house of parliament, and is seeking to drive home the advantage when his party meets to devise a strategy to win India's biggest state.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves parliament, names caretaker PM ASIA

Jordan's King Abdullah dissolves parliament, names caretaker PM

Jordan's King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as prime minister after dissolving parliament by royal decree on Sunday, following the end of its four-year term.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Conservative re-elected Iran speaker despite reformist gains ASIA

Conservative re-elected Iran speaker despite reformist gains

Moderate conservative Ali Larijani retained the speakership of Iran's parliament despite major gains for reformists in February elections, benefiting from credit gained by his support for last year's nuclear deal.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man charged with trespassing into grounds of Buckingham Palace INTERNATIONAL

Man charged with trespassing into grounds of Buckingham Palace

A man was due in court on Friday charged with scaling a perimeter wall to get into the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the home of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, London police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Europe Parliament says Turkey visa deal on hold INTERNATIONAL

Europe Parliament says Turkey visa deal on hold

The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, said yesterday that he saw no chance

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Parliament brawl to be probed INTERNATIONAL

Parliament brawl to be probed

Sri Lanka launched an investigation into clashes in parliament between legislators from the ruling and the opposition parties....

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian parliament rejects Mallya's resignation INTERNATIONAL

Indian parliament rejects Mallya's resignation

India's upper house of parliament has rejected Vijay Mallya's resignation of his seat, saying a letter the embattled tycoon sent from Britain did not conform to "procedures" or carry an original signature.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi protesters in Green Zone; Abadi calls for punishment of rioters ASIA

Iraqi protesters in Green Zone; Abadi calls for punishment of rioters

Thousands of protesters were inside Baghdad's Green Zone after breaking into the fortified area and storming parliament, as Iraq's premier called for rioters to be pursued and punished.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran's new parliament has more women than clerics ASIA

Iran's new parliament has more women than clerics

Iran's new parliament will have more women than clerics when its members are sworn in next month, a first in the Islamic republic and a sign of the country's evolving politics.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Big win for Rouhani's allies in Iran election second round ASIA

Big win for Rouhani's allies in Iran election second round

Reformist and moderate politicians allied with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani won twice as many seats as their conservative rivals in the second round of parliamentary elections...

4:45 AM November 25 2016