0600 GMT April 27, 2018
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China has expressed strong dissatisfaction with a newly-passed US Senate bill that aims to promote closer ties between the US and self-governing Taiwan, which China sees as part of its territory.
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Iran's Parliament approved the national budget bill for the next Iranian year, which will start on March 21, 2018.
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The amendments aim to eliminate annual per-country limits for employment-based green cards so that applicants from more populous countries are not unfairly discriminated against.
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Iran's Parliament passed the general outlines of the budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2018-19) after initially rejecting it over concerns that the proposed cuts could hit the vulnerable strata the hardest.
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Israel's parliament on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation aimed at making it more difficult to hand the Palestinians parts of Beit-ul-Moqaddas under any future peace deal.
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There were loud cheers, hugs and sustained clapping in the lower House of Representatives when all but four MPs voted in support of marriage equality, after the upper house Senate passed the bill 43-12 last week.
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Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved a bill proposing membership of religious minorities and followers of all divine religions in the City and Village Councils.
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Hundreds of protesters have occupied a US Senate office building to press Congress to pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children to stay in the country, a protection taken away by President Donald Trump.
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US senators made a last-ditch effort on Monday to secure support for the latest Republican attempt to repeal former president Barack Obama’s signature health care law, releasing revised legislation to appeal to undecided senators.
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US President Donald Trump slammed Arizona Sen. John McCain at a rally on Friday night after the senator said he would not be voting in favor of the Republicans' new bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Iran's lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a motion in response to recent US sanctions, voting to boost spending on Tehran's missile program and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' defense mechanism.
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Political Desk
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Britain does not recognize media reports that the government is willing to pay €40 euros ($47.21 billion) to exit the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Monday.
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Lawmakers in France’s conservative-dominated Senate have approved controversial legislation to further strengthen France’s anti-terror laws by a majority vote.
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