Noticias

Even though it must await the approval of the HoR, the Presidency Council is starting the takeover of ministries.

UNSMIL has relocated to Libya, its chief Martin Kobler announced at a press conference at the Presidency Council’s current Tripoli location in the Bu Sitta naval base.

AMMAN — The Public Security Department (PSD) on Sunday said that one of its patrols “mistakenly” raided the Islamic Action Front Party (IAF), the “old” Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm in Amman.

In a statement, police dismissed as baseless allegations by Murad Adaileh, the IAF spokesperson, that authorities are targeting the IAF, a legally registered political party. 

Muscat: Young Omanis are the strongest supporters of Iran’s nuclear deal, among other young Arabs, a major survey of youth across the Middle East has found.

While Arabs are divided on the Iranian nuclear deal and the Syrian conflict, a whopping 93 per cent of Oman’s youth from Muscat and Al Batinah, whose government played a critical role in brokering the deal between Tehran and the international community, have shown support for their government’s involvement in the issue.

A group of Iraqi lawmakers announced their withdrawal on Saturday from a session of parliament aimed at selecting a replacement for the speaker, apparently leaving it without the necessary quorum.

Iraq was on course to have two rival claimants to the speakership, further increasing chaos in parliament, which has already seen a vote to sack speaker Salim al-Juburi, a fistfight among MPs and a sit-in this week.

The government of Prime Minister Sherif Ismail will face its first vote of confidence in parliament next week.

Parliament deputy speaker Al-Sayed Al-Sherif told reporters this week that Prime Minister Ismail will come to parliament next Wednesday to respond to MPs' comments on his government's policy statement, which he delivered before parliament 27 March.

"At the end of his response, MPs will be required to grant or withhold confidence in Ismail's government," said Al-Sherif.

The British, French and Spanish ambassadors to Libya today travelled from Tunis to Tripoli for talks with members of the Presidency Council.

The parliament in Tehran has approved a bill to cancel cash subsidies to 24 million Iranians, according to local reports.

Under the changes, the government will have to end monthly cash payments of around $12 a person for many civil servants, members of the armed forces, paramilitary volunteers, and others who already receive social welfare, according to the ISNA agency.

Analysts say the action by the conservative-dominated parliament on April 12 has angered President Hassan Rohani, who will have to figure out how to put the unpopular measure into effect.

Les élections communales, régionales et du district doivent se tenir cette année. C’est le vœu du ministre de l’administration territoriale Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga. Après plusieurs reports la classe politique est désormais très intéressée par la tenue dans les meilleurs délais.