Now he is saying that he may try to hold onto power even after the Constitution stipulates that he must give it up, and this time he insists he is not joking. Maybe he is and maybe he isn’t.

By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon. Syria’s new government has adopted a temporary constitution that concentrates much power in the hands of the interim president and retains Islamic ...

Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that puts the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. Sharaa said he hoped the ...

Syria’s interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The nation’s interim rulers have ...

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SEOUL, April 6 (Reuters) - The speaker of South Korea's parliament on Sunday proposed revising the constitution to curb presidential powers, citing public support for such a move after President ...

Does the Constitution have what it takes to keep up with modern America? Join Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! as he hits the road to find out. Traveling across the ...

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a temporary constitution that will be in force for a five-year transitional period, three months after his forces led a lightning offensive ...

In a 68-page opinion accompanying his injunction, Chuang said Musk and DOGE appeared to have violated the Constitution’s separation of powers when they “effectively eliminated” USAID and ...

The document says Islam is the religion of the president, as the previous constitution did, and Islamic jurisprudence is "the main source of legislation", rather than "a main source", according to ...

Escalating Bosnia's political crisis, and despite criticism, the Republika Srpska assembly adopted a new draft constitution and law allowing for the formation of a separate army and judiciary.