Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson speaks at a news conference in Stockholm following a mass shooting in Örebro.

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The incoming government is to create three additional minister of state roles, bringing the number to a record high of 23. New laws to allow for the increase are expected to be brought forward in ...

Whoever is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada will be Canada’s next prime minister, at least until a fresh election is held. But can Carney, who is not a member of Parliament ...

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UK treasury and anticorruption minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned over a flurry of media reporting about her links to corruption charges being faced by her aunt, the deposed Bangladeshi former ...

A Kenyan government minister has alleged that the country's national intelligence agency was behind the abduction of his son last year, as criticism against the rising cases of abductions continues.

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