Iraq's prominent cleric Muqtada al Sadr has recently helped inflame tensions in the country by commanding thousands of followers to storm and occupy parliament, preventing the formation of a government.
The development comes a day after a royal decree was issued by the country’s emir to form a new government made up of 12 ministers.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said now is not the time for political uncertainty within the eurozone's third largest economy, amid a myriad of domestic and geopolitical challenges.
Incumbent Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will become the country’s caretaker premier until elections on November 1.
UN special adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams urged Libyan officials to convene within 10 days to bridge the gaps between the two sides.
Sadr is paving the way for pro-Iranian parties to increase their seats in the Council of Representatives.
73 lawmakers from Shia cleric Muqtada al Sadr’s bloc have submitted their resignation upon the leader's request as Iraq's new parliament continues in its struggle to form a government.
Australia’s incoming prime minister has put climate change at the top of his agenda, as his victory in the country’s federal elections ended a decade of conservative rule.
The North African country has been in the throes of a deep political crisis since July 25, 2021 when Kais Saied dismissed the government, suspended parliament, and assumed executive authority.
Opposition parties say Imran Khan government had failed to revive an economy battered by Covid-19 or fulfil promises to make Pakistan a corruption-free, prosperous nation respected on the world stage.
Earlier, parliamentarians voted through a bill against President Saied's "exceptional measures," openly defying him.
The opposition cried foul after the speaker of the lower house said that he adjourned the proceedings in order to conform with a longstanding tradition to refrain from carrying out parliamentary business on the first day of a session.
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