Former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq announced late Saturday night that he had resigned from leading the Egyptian Patriotic Movement, casting further doubts about his political future.

"I had to resign due to the difficult circumstances I had to face while doing my job," he said on Twitter.

Shafiq's resignation comes days after news spread that his interview with controversial TV host Abdel Rahim Ali on Al-Asema TV channel [The Capital], which was to be aired last week, was cancelled due to alleged "political pressure", according to media reports. 

The judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an urgent decision on Saturday by which it asserted that South Africa is under the obligation to arrest and surrender Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir who has arrived on Saturday in Pretoria to attend the 25th ordinary session of the African Union (AU).

Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2009 over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Darfur conflict. As a result his overseas travel has been restricted to friendly nations ever since.

Democratic front (DF) ministers in the Federation BiH government submitted the joint resignation on their posts on Friday afternoon, signaling the definitive end of the “stable and constructive” coalition with the party of democratic action (SDA and Croatian Democratic Union BiH (HDZ BiH).

Après l’euphorie des premières rencontres entre les délégués du FNDU (Forum national pour le développement et l’unité) représentant l’aile dure de l’opposition et ceux du pouvoir en avril dernier, le dialogue tant souhaité par l’opinion semble aujourd’hui au point mort.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said on Thursday it was open to all options for a coalition government other than with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), and that President Tayyip Erdoğan should remain within his constitutional limits.

The HDP was a big winner in a national election on Sunday, crossing the 10 percent threshold to enter parliament for the first time and helping to deprive the AK Party, founded by Erdoğan, of the overall majority it had held for more than a decade.

El presidente de Turquía ha pronunciado este jueves su primer discurso tras un período de inquietante silencio posterior a las elecciones legislativas del domingo pasado. Recep Tayyip Erdogan ofreció una comparecencia dominada por una llamada al diálogo doméstico y renovados ataques a Occidente.

Tras las preceptivas referencias al acto institucional, el cierre del sustancioso programa de becas nacional, Erdogan centró sus palabras en los últimos comicios. En ellos el Partido Justicia y Desarrollo (AKP), que él lideró hasta 2014, perdió la mayoría absoluta ostentada desde 2002.

“I don’t have any information about a coming cabinet reshuffle,” said Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab Wednesday, commenting on speculation that he himself might leave office ‎sometime soon.

Reports have circulated recently in the Egyptian media of a possible cabinet reshuffle as ‎President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday publicly criticised a number of ministers, including ‎Mahlab.

Sharjah: Sharjah Consultative Council concluded its 8th legislative chapter on Thursday, marking the end of its four-year term.