Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif listens at the start of a Pakistan's Resilience to Climate Change conference in Geneva on Jan 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday the International Monetary Fund was giving his country a tough time over unlocking stalled funding from a $6.5 billion […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State (not in image) , on Jan 30, 2023 in Jerusalem. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must stay out of his government's push to overhaul the Israeli judicial system, the country's attorney-general said on Thursday. Netanyahu […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 25, 2023, New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins smiles as he is sworn in by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro during a ceremony at The Government House in Wellington. (PHOTO / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Canberra next Tuesday for […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida answers question to lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago during a plenary session of the upper house of parliament in Tokyo on Jan 27, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida came under continued fire Tuesday from the opposition camp over allegations his son used taxpayers' money for sightseeing […]
Then acting prime minister and current Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon attends a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand on Aug 25, 2022. (PHOTO / THAILAND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN'S OFFICE VIA AP) BANGKOK – Thailand's ruling pro-military Palang Pracharat party has chosen political veteran and former army chief Prawit Wongsuwon as its prime minister candidate, a senior official […]
New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins watches Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro during his swearing-in ceremony at The Government House in Wellington on Jan 25, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WELLINGTON – Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, following the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister […]
This handout photo taken and released on Jan 24, 2023 by the New Zealand Prime Minister's Office shows outgoing New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, seen wearing a ceremonial Maori cloak, during her last public engagement visiting the Maori settlement of Ratana in the North Island. (HANDOUT / NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP) […]
New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (left) and his Depute Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni attend their first press conference at Parliament in Wellington on Jan 22, 2023. (MARTY MELVILLE / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday that his government would be "making haste" on reprioritizing and looking […]
New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at his first press conference at Parliament in Wellington on Jan 22, 2023. (MARTY MELVILLE / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday that his government would be "making haste" on reprioritizing and looking at whether current policies need to be […]
New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at his first press conference at Parliament in Wellington on Jan 22, 2023. (MARTY MELVILLE / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand's ruling Labour Party on Sunday selected Chris Hipkins to replace Jacinda Ardern as its leader and the 41st prime minister of the country. Hipkins, 44, was […]
New Zealand's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at his first press conference at Parliament in Wellington on Jan 22, 2023. (MARTY MELVILLE / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand's ruling Labour Party on Sunday selected Chris Hipkins to replace Jacinda Ardern as its leader and the 41st prime minister of the country. Hipkins, 44, was […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses members of the media during a joint news conference hosted with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, following their annual Leaders' Meeting, at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney, Australia, July 8, 2022. (LOREN ELLIOTT / FILE PHOTO / REUTERS) WELLINGTON – Candidates to replace Jacinda Ardern as New […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand, Jan 19, 2023. (WARREN BUCKLAND / NEW ZEALAND HERALD / AP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading […]
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks next to the German chancellor during a news conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, Germany Jan 13, 2023. (MICHELE TANTUSSI / REUTERS) Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani defended the presence of US troops in his country and set no timetable for their withdrawal, in an interview with […]
This handout image provided by the UAE Presidential court on Jan 12, 2023 shows UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (right) posing for a picture with Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan (left), prior to their meeting, at Al Shati Palace in Abu Dhabi. (UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT / AFP) The United Arab Emirates agreed […]
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on Jan 8, 2023. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) JERUSALEM – The president of Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday said that a judicial reform plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government would crush the justice system […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with media after Parliamentary church service in Canberra on July 26, 2022. (STR / AFP) SYDNEY – Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will urge Papua New Guinea to deepen defense ties in an address to its parliament on Thursday highlighting Australian investment. Albanese will be the first foreign leader […]
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (right) and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida address a press conference in Rome's Palazzo Chigi on Jan 10, 2023. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) ROME – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida agreed at a meeting on Tuesday to strengthen ties in a range of spheres […]
Nepal's newly-elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (right) is sworn-in by the President Bidya Devi Bhandari (left) as outgoing prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (second right) watches at the President's House in Kathmandu on Dec 26, 2022. (PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) KATHMANDU – Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal won a vote of confidence comfortably in […]
Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha officially opens the "BCG Economy for APEC Exhibition" at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, in Bangkok on Nov 14, 2022. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday officially joined the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party (United Thai Nation Party) to run for this […]
This May 20, 2019 photo shows the opening ceremony of the seventh session of the 14th National Assembly of Vietnam in the capital, Hanoi. (XINHUA / VNA) HANOI – Vietnam's top legislature on Thursday approved the appointment of Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha and Secretary of Hai Phong city's Party Committee […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, sitting in a room of the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Jan 21, 2022, talks in a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden, shown in the monitor. (CABINET SECRETARIAT / KYODO NEWS VIA AP) US President Joe Biden will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida […]
This file photo taken on March 12, 2020 shows the Laos Prime Minister's Office building in the center of Vientiane. (MLADEN ANTONOV / AFP) VIENTIANE – The Lao cabinet is reshuffled at the concluding meeting of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly (Ninth Legislature) of Laos held in Lao capital Vientiane on Friday, […]
Nepal's former guerrilla leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal (left), better known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, hands over his documents to President Bidya Devi Bhandari to claim majority for his appointment as the new prime minister, at the president's office in Kathmandu on Dec 25, 2022. (RAJAN KAFLE / AFP) KATHMANDU – Pushpa Kamal Dahal, […]
Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe 'Frank' Bainimarama attends a meeting during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Nov 2, 2021. (PHIL NOBLE / REUTERS) Fiji's opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka is expected to become prime minister when parliament sits on Saturday after winning backing from a coalition of three parties, signalling an […]
Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama drops his ballot paper into the box at Yat Sen Secondary School polling station during the general elections in Fiji’s capital city Suva on Dec 14, 2022. (SAEED KHAN / AFP) Fiji's military will help police maintain law and order, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said on Thursday, citing growing concerns of […]
People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka leaves after voting at a polling station during the Fijian general election in Suva, Fiji, Dec 14, 2022. (AAP IMAGE / MICK TSIKAS VIA REUTERS) SYDNEY – Fiji's parliament has delayed its first sitting, where it had been expected a new prime minister would be sworn in to the […]
Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd answers questions from media at a book promotion event during the Penn Wharton China Summit in University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, April 14, 2018. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SYDNEY – Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed Australia's next ambassador to the United States at […]
Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd answers questions from media at a book promotion event during the Penn Wharton China Summit in University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, April 14, 2018. (PHOTO / XINHUA) SYDNEY – Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been appointed Australia's next ambassador to the United States at […]
This handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on Feb 2, 2021, shows Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (C back) witnessing the first Chinese-made COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine being administered to a frontline health worker in Islamabad. (PID / AFP) ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has held a telephone conversation […]