Tag: Politics of Asia

Taiwan's parliament descended into chaos for a second consecutive day Friday with lawmakers wielding chairs above their heads and throwing ...

When saxophonist Chen Shen-ching was jailed during Taiwan's "White Terror" political purges, it was music that helped him hold on ...

Two Taiwanese lawmakers tried to choke each other during a brawl in the island's parliament Thursday as the government of ...

Israel's main opposition Labour party has taken a risk in electing as its new leader an ex-businessman who only joined ...

Israel's main opposition Labour party voted in former businessman Avi Gabbay as its new leader Monday, said the party as ...

Avi Gabbay, who won Monday's runoff election to head Israel's opposition Labour, is a political newcomer with a business background ...

Israel's main opposition Labour party voted for a new leader Monday as it seeks to regain waning influence and win ...

The head of Israel's main opposition Labour party lost a re-election bid Tuesday as the party which once dominated the ...

Panama broke off diplomatic relations with Taiwan and switched to Beijing, accepting its One China policy, the countries announced Monday. ...

Lawmakers in Taiwan launched a new group to help promote democracy in Hong Kong on Monday, a move likely to ...

Thousands were expected at a candlelit vigil in Hong Kong Sunday night to mark 28 years since China's bloody Tiananmen ...

The Kuomintang party dominated Taiwan for decades with its wealth and an iron fist -- but now it is battling ...

Nine democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong Thursday over an anti-Beijing protest, according to campaign groups, in the latest ...

Any new US action in Syria "will not go unanswered", Iran's Defence Minister Hossein Dehgan warned Tuesday after America threatened ...

India on Friday overturned a travel ban on a controversial politician who attacked a flight steward with his sandal after ...

An Indian politician who attacked a flight steward after being refused a business class seat caused uproar in parliament Thursday ...

A prominent Taiwanese activist-turned-lawmaker who stormed parliament in 2014 protesting a China trade pact was acquitted with 21 other demonstrators ...

Police cracked down on Hong Kong democracy activists Monday saying they would be charged over the Umbrella Movement mass protests, ...

An Indian airline said Friday it had cancelled a booking by a Hindu nationalist lawmaker who repeatedly hit an Air ...

An Indian MP beat an airline employee repeatedly with a slipper after being unable to get a business class seat ...