Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, setting off raucous late-night protests, a day after Mr. Gallant became the first member of his cabinet to call for a halt to the government’s contentious plan to weaken the country’s judiciary. Announced in a one-line statement by the prime minister’s […]
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Israel’s Defense Minister Says Government Should Halt Contentious Judicial Plan
JERUSALEM — The Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, called on Saturday night for his government to suspend its contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, arguing that the turmoil it has unleashed within Israeli society and the military has become a threat to Israel’s national security. “The rift within our society is widening and penetrating […]
Spain’s Prime Minister to Visit Xi in China to Discuss Ukraine
MADRID — The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, will travel next week to China for talks with President Xi Jinping, and intends to discuss China’s framework for negotiating a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, he announced on Thursday. Mr. Sánchez, speaking to reporters at a European Union meeting in Brussels, said he intended to […]
Northern Ireland Brexit Deal Is Gamble for UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
LONDON — Brexit destroyed the careers of two recent British prime ministers, so resolving one of its most poisonous legacies was never going to be easy for the latest, Rishi Sunak. Predictably enough, things are not going to plan. Throughout Britain’s tortuous exit from the European Union, successive prime ministers have sought to broker a […]
Netanyahu Fires a Top Minister to Comply With a Supreme Court Ruling
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday dismissed a senior minister recently convicted of tax fraud to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified the minister from serving, shaking the right-wing government just weeks after it came to power. By complying with the court’s ruling to remove the minister, Aryeh Deri, Mr. Netanyahu […]
Guatemala Targets Colombia’s Defense Minister in Crackdown on Anticorruption Forces
As the Guatemalan authorities intensify a methodical, yearslong crackdown on officials who were tasked with rooting out government corruption in the country, the government announced this week that it was investigating Colombia’s defense minister, who had led a United Nations-backed anticorruption body that was active in Guatemala until 2019. The announcement, which is straining bilateral […]
Israel’s Judicial Standoff Deepens as Netanyahu Delays Firing Minister
The new right-wing Israeli government and the country’s judiciary remained locked in a standoff Thursday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed upholding a Supreme Court ruling that called for the dismissal of a key government minister. Mr. Netanyahu had taken no action on removing his interior minister, Aryeh Deri, by the early afternoon, a day […]
Untested German Defense Minister Has Allies Watching Closely
BERLIN — Within hours of being sworn into office, Germany’s new defense minister will be expected to hold talks with the U.S. defense secretary. A day later, he will represent Germany’s armed forces at a meeting with European allies awaiting critical decisions on the war in Ukraine. That would not be an easy first week […]
Ukraine Helicopter Crash Kills at Least 18, Including Cabinet Minister: Live Updates
The site of the helicopter crash on Wednesday in Brovary, Ukraine, that damaged a kindergarten and a 14-story residential building.Credit…Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA, via Shutterstock A helicopter carrying senior Ukrainian officials crashed on Wednesday in a Kyiv suburb, killing at least 18 people, including Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs and other pivotal figures in the wartime leadership, […]
Anwar Ibrahim Is Prime Minister of Malaysia, After a Wait of Decades
After days of political chaos, Malaysia has a new prime minister, its fifth in less than five years. The country is now relying on a veteran politician to bring back political stability while leading a polarized electorate — split between one faction that sees itself as modern and multicultural, and another that is driven by […]