Japan's ruling coalition confirmed Thursday that the current cabinet session, which will end Sunday, will not approve Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's attempt to make Japan exercise the collective self-defense rights, saying they need more time to continue discussion.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has said that he has low expectations for a possible no-spy agreement between Germany and the United States during a planned U.S. visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in early May.
Tensions were running high across the Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday as ruling party's women activists clashed with opposition protesters.
Egypt will end a three-month-long state of emergency and curfew on Thursday, state-run MENA news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting a cabinet source.
An Egyptian court on Monday banned all activities of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and ordered to seize the group's assets and funds, state-run al-Ahram online reported.
Malaysia's ruling coalition won a crucial by-election on Wednesday after a closely contested general election in May.
International movie star Michelle Yeoh and some other Malaysian stars are facing fierce criticism online for promising to attend pro-ruling coalition events in the run-up to the general election in May.
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