LONDON (AA) – Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to become the UK’s first British Asian prime minister after winning the Tory leadership race on Monday, as Penny Mordaunt dropped out of the race minutes before the candidacy deadline. Sir Graham Brady, the 1922 Committee head, confirmed in a short statement that Sunak became the new lea...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan took to streets on Friday to protest against his disqualification by the country’s election authority. Protest rallies started soon after the Election Commission of Pakistan barred Khan from holding public office for concealing gifts and p...
BAGHDAD (AA) – New Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Monday voiced hope for a quick formation of the country’s new government. “We hope that the new government will be formed quickly to meet the demands of the Iraqis,” he said in a swearing-in ceremony attended by government officials and politicians in the capital Baghdad. […]...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwait’s new government was sworn in on Monday before the country’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony, Sheikh Mishal said loyalty to the country and its ruler, respect of the constitution and laws and protecting freedoms are foundation of the government’s acti...
ISTANBUL (AA) – New Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid met Sunday with Iranian Ambassador Mohamad Kadhim al-Sadiq in the capital Baghdad. They dwelt on ties between Iraq and Iran and means of enhancing them, the state news agency INA reported. The two sides also underlined the importance of strengthening cooperation and coordination between Ba...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party clinched crucial by-elections Sunday, defeating the ruling alliance after a tough contest, unofficial results showed. The polls took place in eight National Assembly constituencies of three provinces – three each in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, whe...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Head of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has said that the country’s political groups are close to reaching a national consensus. “There are signs of being close to reaching consensus with the participation of political and social forces and peace partners,” al-Burhan said at a peace forum i...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraqi leader and cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has refused to participate in a new Iraqi government being formed by Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Shia al-Sudani. Al-Sudani was nominated by the Coordination Framework, a coalition of Shia groups close to Iran, to form the new government. His candidacy has been strongly opposed by al-...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president after he secured more votes than incumbent Barham Salih. Rashid received 162 votes, while his predecessor Salih received only 99 votes, according to the official Iraqi news agency. A second round of voting was held after the...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Chad’s opposition politician Saleh Kebzabo has been named the country’s new transitional prime minister, said a decree issued by the country’s military leader and interim president. Kebzabo will replace Albert Pahimi Padacke who resigned on Tuesday to allow the formation of a new government. Padacke had been appoint...
