Political activities are gaining momentum as date for election to the fifty-two seats of Senate draws nearer. Major political parties have already constituted their Parliamentary Boards for finalising the aspirant candidates to contest Senate elections. The Boards are conducting interviews of the intending candidates. Different political parties are also contacting other parties for seat adjustments.

Bosnia’s ruling coalition has effectively collapsed after the three main parties in the Federation failed to agree on the makeup of the entity's new government on Sunday. 

This development puts in question the recent agreement on the formation of the new state government, and threatens to push the country deeper into political chaos five months after the elections. 

Talks were held in Sarajevo on Sunday aimed at finding an agreement on how to distribute eight Bosniak, five Croat and three Serb ministerial positions in the new Federation government. 

 Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb ordered on Monday the formation of a committee to re-draft the constituency law, which was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Constitutional Court on Sunday.

The committee is headed by Transitional Justice Minister Ibrahim al-Heneidi, according to a cabinet statement.

Mehleb said the amendments to the law should come in line with the regulations and standards set by the court in its ruling.

« Tous les indicateurs indiquent que la révision de la Constitution n’est pas loin, » a annoncé le président du Conseil de la Nation, Abdelkader Bensalah, dans son discours d’ouverture de la session de printemps du parlement. « Peut-être que l’honneur de [la révision de la Constitution] marquera l’histoire du parlement durant cette session, » a-t-il précisé.

Egypt has postponed parliamentary elections originally set to start in less than three weeks, after the country's highest court struck down one of the laws regulating the electoral process.

On Sunday morning, Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled that the country’s Elections Constituency Division Law is unconstitutional.

Shortly after the SCC issued its ruling, a spokesman of the Higher Electoral Commission (HEC) said that the parliamentary elections, previously scheduled to start on 21 March, would be put on hold for the time being.

El primer ministro Israelí desafía a Obama con un discurso ante el Congreso en contra de un eventual acuerdo nuclear con Irán.

Libyan PM casting his vote during the elections of the House of Representatives in 25 June 2014.

Libya Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has strongly criticized Turkey for supplying anti-government militias with weapons in violation of international law and Security Council resolutions.

A group of senior rabbis from the religious Zionist movement announced Thursday it had withdrawn its endorsement of Habayit Hayehudi in the March 17 election in favor of Yahad, the party established recently by former Shas chairman Eli Yishai.

The announcement was in the form of an open letter published as an advertisement in the religious Zionist weekly BeSheva.

“At this time, we are called upon to make our calculations according to the Torah’s truth,” the letter said.