Whoever is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada will be Canada’s next prime minister, at least until a fresh election is held. But can Carney, who is not a member of Parliament ...

Thailand’s prime minister has revealed she got a call from an AI system, demanding money in the voice of another famous head of government. Paetongtarn Shinawatra did not reveal who the computer ...

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The British foreign and interior ministers have indicated they will support China's contested plans to build a large new embassy in London if minor adjustments are made ...

Anika Wells will enter cabinet, and Amanda Rishworth will become NDIS Minister in a cabinet reshuffle. Katy Gallagher will also pick up the government services portfolio and Dr Anne Aly will ...

UK treasury and anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned over a flurry of media reporting about her links to corruption charges being faced by her aunt, the deposed Bangladeshi former ...

A Kenyan government minister has alleged that the country's national intelligence agency was behind the abduction of his son last year, as criticism against the rising cases of abductions continues.

A cabinet minister has defended the government's handling of the investigation into Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq before her resignation on Tuesday. Siddiq resigned after the prime minister's ...

The cabinet is composed of ministers, each of whom must be either a TD or senator, and has a minimum of seven and a maximum of 15 members. The taoiseach, tánaiste and minister for finance must be ...

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Vladimir Putin with former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Tulip Siddiq at a signing ceremony in the Kremlin in 2013. Siddiq - a close ally of Starmer - resigned following an ...