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...King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah appointed Anwar after meeting candidates for prime minister and newly elected members of parliament this week....
...Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin has resigned after less than 18 months, throwing the south-east Asian country into uncertainty as it battles record Covid-19 cases....
...Muhyiddin Yassin, prime minister, suspended parliamentary sittings in January after convincing King Abdullah to declare a state of emergency....
...He will succeed Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned as prime minister on Monday after just 17 months and lost his majority in parliament earlier this month....
...Last month, King Abdullah declared the country’s first state of emergency since deadly race riots in 1969 at the behest of Muhyiddin Yassin, prime minister....
...His cabinet also contains a mix of opposition stalwarts such as Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, the deputy prime minister and Mr Anwar’s wife, alongside more recent converts to reform such as Muhyiddin Yassin, a...
...The postponement also eliminated the only realistic window Muhyiddin Yassin, the then-deputy PM and Umno deputy president, had in which to mount a credible challenge for the party presidency....
...He pulled the same stunt in 2008 to protest against former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, eventually forcing his successor’s resignation....
...Dr Mahathir engineered the removal Abdullah Badawi, who succeeded him as prime minister in 2009, but six years on 90-year-old Dr Mahathir may not be as influential as he was then....
...While Dr Mahathir, who is now 90, was successful at removing his successor Abdullah Badawi in 2009, he has used up a lot of his once hefty political capital and he has been unable to dislodge Mr Najib....
...Fighters from Yemen’s Zaydi Shia Houthi movement and military units loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh moved to cement control over the southern port of Aden on Wednesday by bringing tanks and...
...A spokesman for Mr Abdullah vowed to challenge the appellate court decision. “The verdict is not irreversible,” Hassan Yassin, the aide, was quoted as saying by the official state information service....
...“Independent investment banks are downsizing operations substantially,” says Mohammed Yassin, the former chief investment officer of CAPM Investments....
...The plan, to be signed in the next few days, requires a commitment by Ali Abdullah Saleh, president, to step down after 30 days, the immediate formation of a national unity government and a presidential...
...But its lead negotiator, Yassin Said Noman, told the Financial Times on Sunday that he had “serious” reservations....
...Private diplomatic efforts are under way to persuade President Ali Abdullah Saleh to agree to a transfer of power in Yemen, as the capital braces itself for rival rallies of pro- and anti-government demonstrators...
...“There were bullet injuries in the neck, eye and head,” said Yassin al-Qubati, a doctor at a local hospital....
...Gulf Arab countries have proposed a transfer of power away from Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in a mediation effort to resolve the standoff between the regime and demonstrators demanding an end...
...However, Yassin Said Noman, the president of Yemen’s coalition of opposition parties, said that Friday’s violence made negotiation impossible....
...The decision by the European Court of Justice came in a case involving Saudi businessman Yassin Abdullah Kadi and the Al Barakaat International Foundation, which was established in Sweden....
...Muhyiddin Yassin, the international trade minister, was selected as Umno deputy president, which puts him in line to succeed Mr Najib as deputy prime minister....
...Muhyiddin Yassin, the trade minister seen as the next deputy prime minister, suggested last week Mr Abdullah should step down early....
...Yassin Abdullah Kadi’s assets were frozen when he was placed on a UN terror blacklist shortly after the September 11 2001 attacks....
...With this in mind, some observers think Mr Najib’s troubles could persuade Umno delegates to support instead Muhyiddin Yassin, the number three Umno official, as the next leader....
...“Half [the cabinet] will be new faces,” Mr Abdullah said. Muhyiddin Yassin, agriculture minister and an Abdullah ally, will take over the trade post....
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