Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is due to hand in his resignation on Friday, a parliamentary source said on Wednesday, after a pummeling loss in a national referendum on his flagship reform at the weekend.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has let lawmakers decide on her fate, but it kindled public confusion about what the embattled president intended to do with her national address over a scandal involving herself.
South Korean political heavyweights on Tuesday demanded President Park Geun-hye step down or be impeached over a scandal involving Park's longtime confidante.
Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab accepted on Monday the resignation of Justice Minister Mahfouz Saber who has recently made an anti-poor statement that angered the public opinion and was described as "racist," official MENA news agency reported.
Taiwan's administrative body announced Monday it has approved the resignation of mainland affairs chief Wang Yu-chi, who will be replaced by Andrew Hsia.
The Yemeni parliament on Thursday night rejected President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's resignation and called for holding an emergency session on Friday to resolve the crisis, the parliament said in a statement obtained by Xinhua.
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won offers resignation on Sunday over criticism of the government's response to the April 16 Sewol ferry disaster that has left nearly 300 people dead or missing.
The Egyptian interim government presided by Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi tendered resignation after a short cabinet meeting on Monday, state-run Nile TV reported.
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.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday accepted the resignation tendered by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov earlier in the day, and the government is subsequently dissolved, according to the presidential office.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas formally handed in his resignation to President Milos Zeman on Monday in the wake of a corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.
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