Bahrain reshuffled its cabinet, the biggest cabinet restructuring in the country's history, changing 17 out of 22 ministers, including the appointment of four women ministers. Most of the new cabinets are from the younger generation and will take the oath of office on Wednesday. The reshuffle, done at the command of King Hamad, also included the appointment of Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, Fatima Jaafer Al Sairafi as Tourism Minister, and Zayed Rashid Al Zayani as Industry and Commerce Minister. The new ministries also include
At a bilateral meeting on Thursday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Latvian counterpart, Edgar Rinkevich, discussed energy cooperation in a bilateral meeting in Cairo. The two further discussed a broad array of issues related to EU-Egypt relations and security policy and migration matters in the Mediterranean. The top agenda of the meeting included a discussion on stronger cooperation for food security arising due to the Ukraine conflict. It focused on the key role of Egypt in becoming a new energy supplier to the Baltic state. Rinkevich said, "I would stress that we see
On Friday, India and the European Union held a security and defense consultation in Brussels. This significant move was made with the aim of focusing on cyber security, maritime awareness, terrorism, joint exercises, training modules, and threat assessments, among other issues. The Ministry of Defence Joint Secretary (International Cooperation) Sommanth Ghosh and Sandeep Chakravorty-MEA Joint Secretary (Europe West) from India and Director Security and Defence Policy Mr. Joanneke Balfoort from the EU side, co-chaired the consultations. The sides discussed ways to increase India-EU coope
The director of the U.N.’s atomic custodian has set foot in Israel and is soon going to begin discussions with top officials The visit comes as Israel indicates escalating concerns about Iran's atomic activities and comeback to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and international superpowers. It is believed that Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East but has never admitted to having such weapons. The office of the Israeli Prime Minister stated that PM Naftali Bennett would meet with the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Gro
On Wednesday, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed a record number of women to the new cabinet. The new federal ministry was into office with a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minorities and indigenous aboriginals. In the Albanese 23-member cabinet, a total of 10 women were included surpassing the seven in the previous cabinet led by Liberal-National coalition leader Scott Morrison. In a ceremony in Canberra, Linda Burney became the first Aboriginal woman to hold the Indigenous Australians ministry, Claire O’Neil as the home affairs and cyber security m
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met US President Joe Biden in her first-ever White House visit and stated that the meeting reflected the kind of relationship that the two countries share "warm, friendly, shared values and shared challenges". This also makes it the first visit to the White House for a New Zealand Prime Minister since 2014. Arden, who met Vice President Kamala Harris before meeting Biden, said that she was pleased with the nature of the discussion that dealt with topics such as trade in the Indo-Pacific to New Zealand's involvement with gun reforms. They also discu
On Friday, India organized a DefExpo in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to expand its defense sector footprints in Africa. A Mini-DefExpo was organized by the Indian High Commission in Dar-es-Salaam led Indian delegation by Anuraj Bajpai, Joint Secretary, Indian Ministry of Defence. The occasion witnessed seven companies from the government and nine companies from the private sector participating. The companies were HAL, BEL, BDL, AVNL, MDL, GRSE, L&T, Ashok Leylands, Bharat Forge, Idea Technology, Tata Advanced System, and Adani Defence, Zen Technology, MKU Ltd, Tunga Aerospace, and AWEIL.
On Wednesday, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was proclaimed as the next president of the Philippines with a huge win with 31 million votes. The joint session of Congress voted for him after 36 years in which his father was ousted from power in a pro-democracy uprising. A huge Philippine flag draped the podium in a plenary hall bedecked with a huge Philippine flag, as the Senate president and the House speaker raised Marcos Jr.'s hands to applause from the audience, which included diplomats. Additionally, both the Senate and House of Representatives declared that his separate vice presidential can
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden launched the technology cooperation initiative and investment initiative at the bilateral meeting in Tokyo. The leaders agreed to expand defense cooperation and welcomed the signing of an investment incentive agreement to focus on healthcare, renewable energy, infrastructure, and other sectors. Defense and security cooperation was described by Modi and Biden as crucial pillars of the bilateral agenda and they agreed to work closely on emerging technologies. This initiative, spearheaded by the National Security Council Secretariat i
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu along with the Energy Minister Fatih Donmez, will visit Israel this week in what seems to be an effort to improve the relationship between the two countries that has seen tensions and stormy ties for more than a decade. Cavusoglu met Palestinian officials on Tuesday and will meet his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid, on Wednesday, which will make it the first visit by a Turkish foreign minister in 15 years. The ministers are expected to hold talks on re-establishing ties and enhancing diplomatic links. Relations between Israel and Turkey saw a su