Bill to create new Japan intelligence committee passes lower house

Bill to create new Japan intelligence committee passes lower house

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill to establish a national intelligence committee during a plenary session in Tokyo on April 23, 2026.

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

President's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Director general Kim Pham, president's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Senate Culture Committee at the French Senate - Paris

Deputy director general Francis Steinbock, Director general Kim Pham, president's chief of cabinet Matthias Grolier and Laurence des Cars, President and CEO of the Louvre Museum sit prior to the start of a hearing before the Senate's culture committee at the French Senate in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Strategic Committee of Les Republicains - Paris

Strategic Committee of Les Republicains - Paris

France's outgoing Minister in charge of Transports Philippe Tabarot leaves headquarters of Les Republicains party after a meeting, in Paris, on October 6, 2025. France's President Emmanuel Macron on October 6, 2025 accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's resignation, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock. Macron named Lecornu last month to the post, but the largely unchanged cabinet lineup he unveiled late October 5, 2025 was met with fierce criticism across the political spectrum. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Strategic Committee of Les Republicains - Paris

Strategic Committee of Les Republicains - Paris

France's outgoing Minister in charge of Transports Philippe Tabarot leaves headquarters of Les Republicains party after a meeting, in Paris, on October 6, 2025. France's President Emmanuel Macron on October 6, 2025 accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's resignation, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock. Macron named Lecornu last month to the post, but the largely unchanged cabinet lineup he unveiled late October 5, 2025 was met with fierce criticism across the political spectrum. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Strategic Committee of Les Republicains - Paris

Strategic Committee of Les Republicains - Paris

France's outgoing Minister in charge of Transports Philippe Tabarot leaves headquarters of Les Republicains party after a meeting, in Paris, on October 6, 2025. France's President Emmanuel Macron on October 6, 2025 accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's resignation, the presidency said, plunging the European nation further into political deadlock. Macron named Lecornu last month to the post, but the largely unchanged cabinet lineup he unveiled late October 5, 2025 was met with fierce criticism across the political spectrum. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

United States Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos testifies before the US Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on increasing the nation's literacy rate and reducing the incidence of high school dropouts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 27, 1989. In his remarks, Cavazos said the efforts to raise literacy should be in partnership with parents, communities and private businesses. Cavazos is the first Latino to serve in the US Cabinet. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

United States Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos testifies before the US Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on increasing the nation's literacy rate and reducing the incidence of high school dropouts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 27, 1989. In his remarks, Cavazos said the efforts to raise literacy should be in partnership with parents, communities and private businesses. Cavazos is the first Latino to serve in the US Cabinet. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

United States Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos testifies before the US Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on increasing the nation's literacy rate and reducing the incidence of high school dropouts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 27, 1989. In his remarks, Cavazos said the efforts to raise literacy should be in partnership with parents, communities and private businesses. Cavazos is the first Latino to serve in the US Cabinet. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

United States Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos testifies before the US Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on increasing the nation's literacy rate and reducing the incidence of high school dropouts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 27, 1989. In his remarks, Cavazos said the efforts to raise literacy should be in partnership with parents, communities and private businesses. Cavazos is the first Latino to serve in the US Cabinet. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

Cavazos Testifies on Increasing the Nation's Literacy Rate

United States Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos testifies before the US Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources on increasing the nation's literacy rate and reducing the incidence of high school dropouts, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 27, 1989. In his remarks, Cavazos said the efforts to raise literacy should be in partnership with parents, communities and private businesses. Cavazos is the first Latino to serve in the US Cabinet. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to deliver a statement to reporters following a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a statement to reporters following a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a statement to reporters following a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to deliver a statement to reporters following a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney makes his way to deliver a statement to reporters following a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

PM Mark Carney Delivers Remarks After Cabinet Meeting - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves a cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations and national security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on April 11, 2025. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

PM Carney Speaks After President Trump's Tariff Announcements - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media before chairing a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security on Parliament Hill, Wednesday, April 2, 2025 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mark Carney At Press Conference - Ottawa

Mark Carney At Press Conference - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media on Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on March 27, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mark Carney At Press Conference - Ottawa

Mark Carney At Press Conference - Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with media on Parliament Hill following a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security, in Ottawa, ONT, Canada on March 27, 2025. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his cabinet director Nicolas Pernot before chairing a Inter-ministerial Committee for Immigration Control (CICI-Comite interministeriel de controle de l'immigration) meeting at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on February 26, 2025. Photo by Alexandra Bonnefoy/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his cabinet director Nicolas Pernot before chairing a Inter-ministerial Committee for Immigration Control (CICI-Comite interministeriel de controle de l'immigration) meeting at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on February 26, 2025. Photo by Alexandra Bonnefoy/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his cabinet director Nicolas Pernot before chairing a Inter-ministerial Committee for Immigration Control (CICI-Comite interministeriel de controle de l'immigration) meeting at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on February 26, 2025. Photo by Alexandra Bonnefoy/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his cabinet director Nicolas Pernot before chairing a Inter-ministerial Committee for Immigration Control (CICI-Comite interministeriel de controle de l'immigration) meeting at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on February 26, 2025. Photo by Alexandra Bonnefoy/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

Interministerial Immigration Control Committee at Matignon - Paris

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou and his cabinet director Nicolas Pernot before chairing a Inter-ministerial Committee for Immigration Control (CICI-Comite interministeriel de controle de l'immigration) meeting at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, France on February 26, 2025. Photo by Alexandra Bonnefoy/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan's top government spokesman Hayashi

Japan's top government spokesman Hayashi

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025.

Rubiales Case' Trial Continues - Madrid

Rubiales Case' Trial Continues - Madrid

The former president of the National Committee of Women's Football and president of the Navarra Federation, Rafael del Amo, arrives to testify as a witness at the National Court, on February 5, 2025, in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid (Spain). Today will answer questions from the prosecution and lawyers José María Timón (former cabinet director of Rubiales), Rafa del Amo (former head of women's soccer at the RFEF), Rafa Hermoso (Jenni's brother), Vitoriano Martín Llovert (witness of a conversation between Vilda and Rafa Hermoso) and Misa Rodríguez (Real Madrid and national team player). The main defendant, Luis Rubiales, faces a request from the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the women's national team player Jennifer Hermoso. Photo by Alejandro Martínez Vélez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Rubiales Case' Trial Continues - Madrid

Rubiales Case' Trial Continues - Madrid

The former president of the National Committee of Women's Football and president of the Navarra Federation, Rafael del Amo, arrives to testify as a witness at the National Court, on February 5, 2025, in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid (Spain). Today will answer questions from the prosecution and lawyers José María Timón (former cabinet director of Rubiales), Rafa del Amo (former head of women's soccer at the RFEF), Rafa Hermoso (Jenni's brother), Vitoriano Martín Llovert (witness of a conversation between Vilda and Rafa Hermoso) and Misa Rodríguez (Real Madrid and national team player). The main defendant, Luis Rubiales, faces a request from the Prosecutor's Office of 2 years and 6 months in prison for the non-consensual kiss and the alleged subsequent coercion of the women's national team player Jennifer Hermoso. Photo by Alejandro Martínez Vélez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

UK: Protesters Gather Outside Glasgow Hampden Park Ahead Of Women’s Euro 2025 Qualifier Versus Israel

Protesters gathered outside Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow on Friday, May 31, ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifier match between Scotland and Israel to protest against Israel's military operation in Gaza.

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG HUNING-UK PARLIAMENT-DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-WANG HUNING-UK PARLIAMENT-DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(240321) -- BEIJING, March 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, takes a photo with David Lidington, president of the Great Britain-China Centre and former minister for the Cabinet Office, in Beijing, capital of China, March 21, 2024. Wang met on Thursday with a delegation of members of the UK Parliament from the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, who came to China for the 12th China-UK Leadership Forum. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

UK: Pro-Palestine Protest In Glasgow Ahead Of World Athletics Indoor Championships

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Glasgow on Tuesday, February 27, ahead of the World Athletics Indoor Championships, which will start on March 1, protesting against the participation of Israeli athletes.

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

File photo dated November 8, 2023 shows United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas responds to questions during a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing in Washington, DC, USA. The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly 150 years. Many Republicans blame Mr Mayorkas for an unprecedented influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border. The Republican-led chamber voted 214 to 213 for the measure, after the first attempt failed last week. The issue now heads to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is likely to fail. Photo by Rod Lamkey /CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

File photo dated November 8, 2023 shows United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas responds to questions during a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing in Washington, DC, USA. The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly 150 years. Many Republicans blame Mr Mayorkas for an unprecedented influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border. The Republican-led chamber voted 214 to 213 for the measure, after the first attempt failed last week. The issue now heads to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is likely to fail. Photo by Rod Lamkey /CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

File photo dated May 4, 2022 shows Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA. The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly 150 years. Many Republicans blame Mr Mayorkas for an unprecedented influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border. The Republican-led chamber voted 214 to 213 for the measure, after the first attempt failed last week. The issue now heads to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is likely to fail. Photo by Samuel Corum/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

House Votes To Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

File photo dated November 16, 2021 shows U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas appears before a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing in Washington, DC, USA. The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly 150 years. Many Republicans blame Mr Mayorkas for an unprecedented influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border. The Republican-led chamber voted 214 to 213 for the measure, after the first attempt failed last week. The issue now heads to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is likely to fail. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM