Lapid to become new prime minister as Israel heads to election
Israeli lawmakers will vote to dissolve parliament, opening the way for the country’s fifth election in three years, following weeks of pressure on Prime Minister...
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Royal Peculiar to rescue queen from her government
By Alper Ali Riza Time was when British prime ministers drove across to Buckingham Palace to ask the queen to dissolve parliament and call a...
Sri Lanka PM Rajapaksa resigns amid government shut down fears
Sri Lanka‘s embattled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned on Saturday, only a month and a half after taking office and giving the country’s president political space...
Ex Australian PM resigns from parliament, govt loses majority
Australia‘s former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary...
Pakistani lawmakers elect Imran Khan as new prime minister
Pakistani lawmakers elected former cricket legend Imran Khan prime minister on Friday, paving the way for him to form a coalition government whose first major...
Former Indian PM Vajpayee dies at 93 (Update)
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who ordered nuclear tests to make India a nuclear weapons power and travelled by bus to Pakistan in a grand diplomatic...
Greek parliament debates Tsipras no-confidence motion after Macedonia deal (Update)
The Greek parliament began debating a no-confidence motion in the government on Thursday, with opposition lawmakers furious over Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s deal aimed at...
Italy’s Conte promises radical change in address to parliament
Italy‘s new prime minister promised on Tuesday to bring radical change to the country as he sought parliamentary backing for an anti-establishment government which plans...
Spain’s PM Rajoy under growing threat over party graft case
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy was threatened with no-confidence motions and demands for a snap election on Friday over a graft trial involving members of his party...
Tunisia PM promises end to economic hardship to calm protests
Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sought to calm anti-austerity protesters on Tuesday with promises of an end to economic hardship, a day after one demonstrator...
