The European Parliament supported a one-year delay to a landmark law to curb deforestation across the world and sought to soften compliance requirements that have raised concerns about the measure’s administrative burden and impact on trade.

Senator Pauline Hanson banned from parliament for 7 days for wearing burqa in the chamber to demand they be banned nationally.

Moldova's Parliament voted on Thursday to close a Russian cultural centre, a new bid to reduce Moscow's influence in the country a day after Russia's ambassador was summoned over drone intrusions that Moldova said were unacceptable.

Troubles are mounting for Chinese-owned retail platform Shein as it faces a ban in France, censure by the European parliament and tougher controls on the toys it showcases, write Adrienne Klasa and Andy Bounds.

Anti-immigration party senator Pauline Hanson said of her protest: "If they don't want me wearing it — ban the burqa."

Spain's lower house rejected the government's proposed 2026 spending plan on Thursday, providing a setback to the government's attempts to restore a normal budget timetable. The plan set a ceiling of 216.

"They didn’t want to ban the burqa, yet they denied me the right to wear it on the floor of Parliament," Sen. Pauline Hanson said

Pauline Hanson was accused of performing a disrespectful stunt when she wore a burqa in the Senate to protest colleagues’ refusal to consider her bill that would ban them in public.

An Australian senator has been suspended for a week after wearing a burka in parliament to push for a ban on the Muslim garment. Pauline Hanson was condemned by fellow senators - and later formally censured - for the stunt on Monday, with one colleague accusing her of "blatant racism".

Japan's parliament elected Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, after her party struck a coalition deal expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.

Bill, 2025, marking a major step toward overhauling Ghana’s VAT regime to improve clarity, consistency and legal certainty.