Senate Resignation

In a stunning admission before a US congressional panel, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun admitted that the aerospace giant has retaliated against whistleblowers, contradicting its publicly stated policies.

Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun faced searing criticism in a Senate hearing that zeroed in on the company's manufacturing shortcomings and accused its leader of putting profit ahead of safety.

Pakistan Senate Chairman, Sadiq Sanjrani accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin's resignation from the upper house of the parliament on Sunday: Report

Australia's main opposition Liberal Party leader asked a senator to resign on Friday following allegations of sexual misconduct against him by female senators, which he has denied.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday officially resigned from her Senate seat, ending her four-year innings in the upper chamber of the US Congress.

US Senator Kamala Harris of California will resign from the Senate on Monday in preparation for her inauguration as Joe Biden's vice president on Wednesday, according to aides familiar with her plans.

A second Republican US senator called on Sunday for President Donald Trump to resign, saying he could face criminal liability after the deadly storming of the US Capitol by his supporters.

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Mark Esper as the next secretary of defense, nearly seven months after the surprise resignation of Jim Mattis over policy differences with President Donald Trump.

Australia's indigenous affairs minister and several of his colleagues faced calls to resign Monday, after they backed a failed parliamentary motion tabled by a controversial senator that declared: "It is okay to be white."

A leader of the Iowa Senate is stepping down after a video posted online showed him kissing a female lobbyist in a Des Moines bar.

US Senator Al Franken said Thursday he will resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, becoming the second prominent Democrat forced out in a week over the snowballing harassment allegations convulsing the country.

US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Manisha Singh to a key administration position in US State Department that would make her in charge of economic diplomacy.

The CIA's Inspector General will resign this month but US officials said on Monday his departure is not related to his finding last year that the spy agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake-up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake.

Australia's parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject gay marriage, after days of heated debate that saw one senator resign from a key role after linking same-sex unions to bestiality.

In a stunning admission before a US congressional panel, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun admitted that the aerospace giant has retaliated against whistleblowers, contradicting its publicly stated policies.

Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun faced searing criticism in a Senate hearing that zeroed in on the company's manufacturing shortcomings and accused its leader of putting profit ahead of safety.

Pakistan Senate Chairman, Sadiq Sanjrani accepted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin's resignation from the upper house of the parliament on Sunday: Report

Australia's main opposition Liberal Party leader asked a senator to resign on Friday following allegations of sexual misconduct against him by female senators, which he has denied.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday officially resigned from her Senate seat, ending her four-year innings in the upper chamber of the US Congress.

US Senator Kamala Harris of California will resign from the Senate on Monday in preparation for her inauguration as Joe Biden's vice president on Wednesday, according to aides familiar with her plans.

A second Republican US senator called on Sunday for President Donald Trump to resign, saying he could face criminal liability after the deadly storming of the US Capitol by his supporters.

The US Senate on Tuesday confirmed Mark Esper as the next secretary of defense, nearly seven months after the surprise resignation of Jim Mattis over policy differences with President Donald Trump.

Australia's indigenous affairs minister and several of his colleagues faced calls to resign Monday, after they backed a failed parliamentary motion tabled by a controversial senator that declared: "It is okay to be white."

A leader of the Iowa Senate is stepping down after a video posted online showed him kissing a female lobbyist in a Des Moines bar.

US Senator Al Franken said Thursday he will resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, becoming the second prominent Democrat forced out in a week over the snowballing harassment allegations convulsing the country.

US President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American Manisha Singh to a key administration position in US State Department that would make her in charge of economic diplomacy.

The CIA's Inspector General will resign this month but US officials said on Monday his departure is not related to his finding last year that the spy agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Wednesday that he will resign his leadership post at the end of next month, clearing the way for a potentially disruptive Republican shake-up just before midterm elections with control of Congress at stake.

Australia's parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to reject gay marriage, after days of heated debate that saw one senator resign from a key role after linking same-sex unions to bestiality.