Kuwait government resigns ahead of vote
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Kuwait's government resigned on Sunday in a move apparently aimed at thwarting a no-confidence motion against the Gulf Arab country's health minister, a member of the ruling family.
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Kyrgyzstan's government resigned Tuesday in a dispute with parliament, adding new tension to the troubled politics of a country of strategic interest to both Russia and the United States. The resignation was accepted by President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who has faced intensive political infighting since coming to power after March 2005 demonstrations drove longtime ruler Askar Akayev into exile.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned as head of an emergency government and was immediately appointed Saturday to lead an interim Cabinet, after a state of emergency imposed after Hamas' Gaza takeover expired.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy resigned, pre-empting a move by his ruling Socialist party to oust him in a no-confidence vote in parliament next month.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announces the government's resignation.
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The Dutch prime minister said Thursday his government will resign after his coalition split over the citizenship case of a Somali-born lawmaker. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said he will tender his resignation to Queen Beatrix on Friday, signaling the collapse of three-year-old government and likely early elections.
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Algeria's prime minister submits the resignation of his cabinet, a move expected after last month's  elections.
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Estonian defence minister Margus Hanson resigns after admitting confidential documents were stolen from his home.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed in his resignation after his fragile centre left coalition lost a crucial parliament vote.Comment
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Kuwait&#039;s Cabinet resigned Saturday, a move that was expected after parliamentary elections in which women voted for the first time and a new legislature of mostly reformers was chosen.
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Italy's prime minister resigned Wednesday after his center-left government Wednesday lost a key foreign policy vote.Comment
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s entire Cabinet resigned Monday ahead of a planned reshuffle that Japanese leader hopes will solidify his power and boost his ability to carry out reforms.
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Islamabad, Aug. 25: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussein today resigned as Prime Minister, paving the way for his successor, finance minister Shaukat Aziz, to lead the country for the next three years.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s entire Cabinet resigned Monday ahead of a planned reshuffle that Japanese leader hopes will solidify his power and boost his ability to carry out reforms.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas resigned Thursday to make way for a power-sharing government with the rival Fatah party in the hopes of ending factional strife and restoring international aid to the nearly bankrupt Palestinian Authority.
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Kuwait's government could resign on Sunday to thwart a no-confidence motion in parliament against the Gulf Arab country's health minister, a member of the ruling family, politicians said.
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Kuwait's information minister resigned Sunday, a day before he was scheduled to be questioned in parliament over allegations that he tried to restrict satellite TV stations during this year's legislative elections.