Stephanie Williams, UN chief Antonio Guterres' Special Advisor on Libya, warned in a series of tweets that "the solution to Libya's crisis does not lie in forming rival administrations and perennial transitions."

The Libyan parliament's pick for prime minister has accused his rival in Tripoli of blocking ministers-in-waiting from traveling to the eastern-based assembly to be sworn in.

The emergence of the new government once again gives Libya two prime ministers, as was the case between unrest-plagued 2014 and 2020.

Libya's prospective prime minister, appointed by the war-torn country's parliament as it seeks to oust interim premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah, said Thursday his cabinet line-up was ready.

Iraq's supreme court on Sunday ruled out a bid by veteran politician Hoshyar Zebari to run for president after a complaint filed against him over corruption charges. Zebari, 68, who served as foreign minister for a decade after the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, had already been...

Saied's decree came a week after he said he would dissolve the High Judicial Council (CSM), prompting a nationwide shutdown of courts by judges saying the move would infringe on judicial independence.

An influential figure in western Libya, Mechri accused Dbeibah's government of "fueling a campaign against the parliament and the HCS".

Libya's parliament on Monday began hearings of hopefuls to replace interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, a process that could spark new east-west power struggles in the troubled North African nation.

Three members of the United Arab Emirates' Federal National Council visited Israel's parliament Monday, becoming the first Emirati delegation there since the US-brokered normalization of ties in 2020.

Under PM Costa's watch, Portugal has the highest immunization rate against Covid-19 in Europe, maintained fiscal discipline, increased the minimum wage, and slashed unemployment to the pre-pandemic level.

Mattarella has already served a tumultuous seven-year term, during which he has sought to be a unifying figure through five different governments and the devastation of coronavirus.

Iraq's top court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of Mohammed al-Halbussi as parliament speaker, following appeals against its conduct, paving the way towards the formation of a new government.

With rise in trade transactions, the Iranian economic activity also grew notably

The consultation will last until March 20 with topics including politics, economics, finance, social, health, education, and cultural affairs.

The Russian Federation Parliament (State Duma) has strongly condemned the Houthi militia attack targeting civil facilities in the UAE yesterday.

A presidential election was due to take place on December 24, followed by legislative polls, but the UN-sponsored electoral process was postponed indefinitely due to political tensions. Those tensions pit a long-standing ally of military strongman Khalifa Haftar against a Tripoli-based interim government formed last year.

An explosion from a hand grenade hit the headquarters of Iraqi parliament speaker Mohammed Halbousi’s Taqaddum party in Baghdad early on Friday wounding two guards, police sources said.

The vote, set for Friday, was meant to be the culmination of United Nations-led efforts to drag Libya out of a decade of conflict since a 2011 revolt. But it was derailed by bitter arguments over divisive candidates and a disputed legal framework.

"Continuous power in the hands of a single person is bad for democracy," Justice Minister Gideon Saar said.

Budget deficit of Kuwait has spiraled 175 percent to $35.5 billion in 2020-2021, the highest in the country’s history.

The finance ministry lowered its 2021 budget deficit target to 5.5%-5.7% of gross domestic product from 6.8% due to higher-than-expected tax revenues, reflecting a rapid economy recovery. It projects a 3.9% deficit in 2022.

Nearly 200,000 hectares (around 480,000 acres) of forest have been scorched in Turkey this year -- more than five times the annual average for 2008-2020, data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) show. Turkey's total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 157.7 percent between 1990 and 2019, according to...

The law comes less than a month after speaker Aguila Saleh signed off a law for presidential elections to be held the same day.

The country is emerging from almost two decades of conflict and insurgency since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.

Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs present in the eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration of interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.

On July 25, Saied sacked the government, suspended parliament, removed lawmakers’ immunity and put himself in charge of the prosecution

Mikati's 24-member cabinet will be expected to offer solutions to shortages of medicine and fuel and to launch a ration card programme to protect the poorest.

The budget proposal was approved in August by the coalition government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

The decision came from the country’s Constitutional Council, which is tasked with finalizing parliament legislation.

He delivered the remarks while chairing the first meeting of his cabinet which was approved by parliament on Wednesday

President Kais Saied's also extended an order lifting immunity for the country’s lawmakers.

Several politicians, businessmen and judges, as well as members of parliament have said they were banned from travelling abroad or put under house arrest without prior warning. Sacking of the government on Jul 25 sparked uncertainties for Tunisia, where the Arab Spring began a decade ago.

A protracted political crisis under former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu generated political instability that prevented the passing of a state budget

Tensions in Tunisia are set to boil over as the leader of Ennahda has warned that “if there is no agreement on the return of parliament, the Tunisian street will undoubtedly mobilize.”

Earlier, president Kais Saied has suspended parliament and sacked the prime minister in what opponents have labelled a coup.

With over 27 percent of the vote, conservative DISY remained the largest force in parliament