TEHRAN, Jun 2 - Tunisia's secular Tahya Tounes party, founded this year, elected Prime Minister Youssef Chahed as its president on Sunday, confirming expectations of his leadership months before parliamentary and presidential elections.
TEHRAN, May 30 - Hungary will suspend the launch of a new administrative court system indefinitely to allow disputes about judicial independence to be settled, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, May 20 - Prime Minister Scott Morrison looked set on Monday to form a majority government as vote counting from Australia's weekend election allayed fears that his conservative coalition may have to rule in the minority following its shock victory.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi says he believes “things would end well” between the United States and Iran despite growing tensions between the two arch-enemies over Tehran’s nuclear program and its missile capabilities.
TEHRAN, May 10 - Greek lawmakers are holding a vote of confidence in the left-wing government, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras turned a censure motion against a junior minister into a test of his entire administration.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat was promoted to deputy prime minister on Tuesday, strengthening expectations he will take over as the next leader of the wealthy city-state.
TEHRAN, Apr 09 - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday defended Singapore's proposed law to fight "online falsehoods," but his Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, warned that anti-fake news laws were a double-edged sword that could be abused by governments to stay in power.
TEHRAN, Apr 05 - The leader of Estonia's largest political party received a formal request from the president on Friday to form a government, but quickly she downplayed her prospects of becoming prime minister .
TEHRAN, Apr 03 - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Wednesday ruled out the idea that Economy Minister Giovanni Tria could step down due to tensions with the ruling coalition.
TEHRAN, Apr 03 - Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him at the first main hearing in a trial over an economic scandal that brought down his government last year.
TEHRAN, Mar 17 - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has sent condolences over the shootings at two mosques that killed 50 people, some of which were live-streamed over the social media platform.
TEHRAN, Mar 14 - Algeria's new prime minister said on Thursday he would form a temporary government of technocrats and others to work toward political change in response to weeks of street protests, and he urged the opposition to join in a dialogue.
TEHRAN, Jan 16 - A left-wing party in Sweden said Wednesday it won't oppose caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in attempting to form a center-left, minority government after a four-month deadlock to form a coalition.
TEHRAN, Jan 4 - Japan's prime minister confirmed in his New Year's news conference that the era name for the new emperor's reign will be disclosed April 1.
TEHRAN, December 21 - Belgium's king on Friday accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel but asked the premier to stay on at the head of a caretaker government until elections are held in May, rather than call snap polls.
TEHRAN, December 10 -Centre leader Annie Loof said her party will not support Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven as Sweden’s prime minister after talks over a deal failed, putting attempts at forming a government back to square one, three months after an election.
TEHRAN, November 28 -Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says his ruling party and the country's influential military want to mend ties and resolve outstanding disputes with arch-foe India.
TEHRAN, November 15 - Rival lawmakers have exchanged blows in Sri Lanka's Parliament as the disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa claimed the speaker had no authority to remove him from office by voice vote.
TEHRAN, November 15 -Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was set to win re-election on Thursday, with a provisional count showing his Fiji First party holding a comfortable lead, although some voting has been delayed due to bad weather in the South Pacific nation.