A man crosses an almost empty street near Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Yangon on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) YANGON – Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) announced a cabinet reshuffle after the country's state of emergency was extended for six more months on Wednesday. Under the cabinet reshuffle, a new chairman for the Union […]
Kuwaiti parliament members attend a session of the National Assembly at its headquarters in Kuwait City on Jan 10, 2023. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait cabinet resigned on Monday after disputes with opposition-led parliament. Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf al-Ahmed Al-Sabah submitted the cabinet's resignation to Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber […]
An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarchs, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) JERUSALEM – Israeli security cabinet announced on Friday a series of punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority. The move comes in […]
In this June 15, 2022, file photo, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) gestures during a joint press conference with Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan (left) and Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Hadi Tjahjanto (right) after an inauguration ceremony at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. (ACHMAD IBRAHIM / AP) JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he […]
Malaysian new cabinet ministers are sworn in before Malaysian King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah (first, left) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 3, 2022. (MALAYSIA'S DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian cabinet ministers appointed to their portfolios were sworn in on Saturday, allowing them to officially assume their duties. In […]
Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani (right front) and his cabinet members are sworn in at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct 27, 2022. The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved the new cabinet lineup and the government program presented by Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani. (IRAQI PARLIMENT / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) BAGHDAD – The […]
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh (left), followed by Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, walks to attend a parliament session in Amman, on Dec 15, 2021. (KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP) AMMAN – Ministers in the Jordanian government submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh on Wednesday to pave the way for a cabinet reshuffle, the state-run […]
In this file photo dated Oct 4, 2021, Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, arrives at the prime minister's official residence after the attestation ceremony of the cabinet by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (SHUJI KAJIYAMA / AP) SEOUL – Japanese cabinet members need to check and review their ties […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party speaks during a news conference after the results of the Upper House elections at the party headquarters in Tokyo on July 11, 2022. (RODRIGO REYES MARIN / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to reshuffle his cabinet as […]
In this handout photograph released by the Press Information Department on April 12, 2022, newly elected Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reviews a guard of honor upon his arrival at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad. (PID / AFP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's new cabinet took their oaths in a ceremony on Tuesday, state television reported. […]
A protester hold a Sri Lanka's national flag as he participates along with others in an anti-government demonstration near the president's office in Colombo on April 17, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Seventeen new ministers were sworn into the Sri Lankan cabinet on Monday as the nation faced political instability and a […]
Protestors wave Sri Lankan flags during a demonstration in Colombo on April 3, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday swore in four ministers into the new cabinet, hours after cabinet ministers tendered their resignations amidst a severe economic and political crisis in the nation. Officials from […]
In this photo provided by the DPRK government, a huge DPRK flag is displayed during a celebration of the nation’s 73rd anniversary that was overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, DPRK, early Sept 9, 2021. (KCNA / KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) PYONGYANG – The Democratic People's Republic of […]
Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front center) poses with members of his cabinet at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct 4, 2021. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – The latest survey showed the approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's new Cabinet stood at 55.7 percent ahead of […]
Analysts expect no major economic policy changes from Abe era despite new faces Newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida poses with his cabinet members at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Oct 4, 2021. (DAVID MAREUIL / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) TOKYO－Fumio Kishida, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected on […]
Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front center) poses with members of his cabinet at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Oct 4, 2021. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / POOL / AFP) TOKYO – Members of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet on Tuesday started their first full day on the job, laying out their […]
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center, speaks to reporters about the extension of a state of emergency at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug 16, 2021. (YOSHITAKA SUGAWARA / KYODO NEWS VIA AP) TOKYO – Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's cabinet decreased by 4.1 points from a month ago to a […]
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri, center, arrives for his meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun (not in frame) at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, July 14, 2021. (DALATI NOHRA / LEBANESE OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VIA AP) Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri […]
This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency on March 24, 2021 shows Vietnam's Communist Party general secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong addressing the National Assembly's spring session in Hanoi. (STR / VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY / AFP) HANOI – The 14th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam, the country's top legislature, on Wednesday […]
Protesters burn tires to close a main road in Beirut, Lebanon, March 6, 2021. (HASSAN AMMAR / AP) BEIRUT – Demonstrators blocked various roadways across Lebanon for the fifth day in a row on Saturday, and a heavy army presence filled parts of the capital as anger simmered over the country’s economic downturn. Caretaker Prime […]
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah gestures in greeting upon arrival to attend the opening of the 5th regular session at the country's National Assembly (parliament) in Kuwait City on Oct 20, 2020. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) KUWAIT – Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Wednesday, suspending parliament’s sessions for […]