Cabinet

Brazil's Lula announces Alckmin as running mate for 2026 election

Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Mexico City, Mexico, August 28, 2025. REUTERS/ Henry Romero

Trump weaves from Sharpies to Bessent’s glasses in Cabinet meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a Sharpie pen that was custom-made for the White House, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 26, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Argentina to seek looser foreign ownership rules for rural land

FILE PHOTO: Argentina's presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni looks on, at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, in Buenos Aires, Argentina February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo

Peru's Balcazar shuffles cabinet a month into presidency

Denisse Miralles poses on the day she takes her oath as Peru's new Minister of Economy and Finance before Peru's President Jose Jeri, who took office after Dina Boluarte was removed, in Lima, Peru, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Angela Ponce/File Photo

Madagascar anti-corruption chief Rajaonarison named prime minister

Japan PM Takaichi vows not to dismiss education minister over affair with woman

Education minister Yohei Matsumoto apologised and expressed remorse for his actions.

Iran warns US after frigate sunk, Sri Lanka trying to safeguard lives on second Iranian ship

Security personnel stand guard as an ambulance enters inside the Galle National Hospital, following a submarine attack on the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, off the coast of Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage

Czech Republic 'certainly not' on path to higher defence spending target, says Babis

FILE PHOTO: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis from ANO speaks during the debate on confidence in the parliament, in Prague, Czech Republic, January 13, 2026 REUTERS/Eva Korinkova/File Photo

Bangladesh PM names Cabinet after election win

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has kept the defence portfolio for himself as he formed his first Cabinet.

Israeli Cabinet approves West Bank land registration, Palestinians condemn ‘de-facto annexation’

An Israeli flag fluttering above an Israeli settlement, with Palestinian buildings in the background, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Feb 9, 2026.

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