Thousands of Kuwaitis protested on Tuesday against a court ruling that effectively dissolved a parliament dominated by opposition Islamists and reinstated the previous, more government-friendly, assembly.
June 27, 2012 9:57
Lawmakers resign in protest at election annulment; Parliamentarians had called for more cabinet posts; Gulf oil exporter in political tangle, says analyst
June 24, 2012 10:25
The Muslim Brotherhood claimed in its own newspaper on Friday it had scored an outright majority in an election for Egypt's upper house of parliament after having emerged as the top party in an earlier lower house vote.
February 25, 2012 12:11
An Egyptian court has ruled that the voting system that elected the new parliament was unconstitutional, creating a fresh source of uncertainty as Egypt tries to set up a governing system a year after Hosni Mubarak was toppled.
February 22, 2012 12:51