BAGHDAD – Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi reached out to his rivals to form a governing coalition Saturday, staking his claim as the top vote-getter in Iraq’s elections and saying he hoped to build strong relations with neighboring countries. Allawi’s secular Iraqiya bloc edged out chief rival Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki by just two seats [...]
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian lawmakers formed a new coalition around new President Viktor Yanukovych, and allowed him to consolidate power by quickly approving his choice for prime minister. The election of Mykola Azarov as premier — after he served as Yanukovych’s campaign strategist in this year’s presidential elections — ends the long-running rivalry between Ukraine’s [...]
India announces that a separate state is to be formed in part of Andhra Pradesh, after days of violent protests. Read More India to form new southern state
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The prospect Israeli officials could face war crimes trials abroad led the Israeli government on Tuesday to form a committee to deal with the international legal consequences of a U.N. report on the Gaza war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who promised a lengthy battle to “delegitimise” the findings by a U.N…. [...]