Egyptian military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will stay as defense minister in the nation's new government, state-run Ahram website said Wednesday, adding five other outgoing ministers also will keep their jobs.
The Italian new government won the vote of confidence in the Senate early Tuesday, after Prime Minister Matteo Renzi pledged to work for radical and immediate changes to revive the country's recession-gripped economy.
Bangladesh said on Sunday it will look into the recent "al-Qaida threat" to wage an intifada in the country that sparked a war of words among political parties.
Thousands of Israeli right-wing protesters, among them parliament members and ministers, gathered in the West Bank Thursday to encourage settlements construction and to protest against the ongoing peace talks, local media reported.
Former Japanese Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe won the Tokyo gubernatorial election on Sunday to be next governor, local media reported.
Interior ministry officials from the Group of Six (G6) held a two-day meeting with the U.S. attorney general and the Homeland Security chief in Polish city Krakow.
The Egyptian cabinet led by Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi on Thursday accepted the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa-Eddin, official news agency MENA reported.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he had had no intention of stigmatising Poles living and working in Britain when he announced plans to curb child benefits to immigrants.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ghana and Senegal from Jan. 6 to 11, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a daily press briefing here on Thursday.
A severe deterioration in the condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006, was reported by Israeli media outlets on Wednesday.
The situation in Ukraine was the main topic of discussion between German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Thursday evening, according to local press.
Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh on Thursday warned main opposition against unlawful acts in its daily protests against Prime Minister Hun Sen's government.
Japan launched on Wednesday a U.S.- style National Security Council (NSC), under which cabinet ministers discussed China's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and other security challenges in the first meeting.
An alert was issued on Monday to warn Chinese citizens who are now in Bangkok or about to leave for the city to avoid protest sites.
A delegation of New Zealand government ministers will meet with their Australian counterparts this week to discuss the prospects of expanding trade with Asia.
Sun Chunlan, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), called on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to discuss bilateral cooperation on Wednesday.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawas Sharif Tuesday approved the selection of three judges for a special court to try former President Pervez Musharraf for high treason for abrogating the country's constitution, the PM office said.
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