LAHORE, Pakistan( Reuters)-Pakistan on Thursday freed a hardline Islamist leader a week after

( Reuters)-Myanmar's military authorities have freed from jail a nationalist Buddhist monk, Ashin Wirathu, after dropping sedition charges filed during the rule of the ousted government of Aung San Suu Kyi, media said. Known for his outbursts against minority Muslims, particularly the Rohingya community, the monk was also critical of Suu Kyi's civilian government and supportive of Myanmar's powerful military that ousted it in a coup in February. The monk handed himself in to police last November

CNN — Hardline conservatives have agreed to end their blockade of the House floor while they

around conservatives and hardliners.... Iran's Supreme Leader blasts' American clowns'as he leads Friday

( Reuters)-Afghanistan's Taliban rulers announced several senior appointments on Tuesday, naming two veteran battlefield commanders from the movement's southern heartlands as deputies in important ministries. Main Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir will be deputy defence minister, while Sadr Ibrahim was named deputy minister for the interior.... Both men had been expected to take major positions in the new government but neither was named in the main list of min

, including Rep.... Yet given the backlash from GOP hardliners, it’s not clear if the plan will

Mike Lawler of New York, whose 2022 upset helped propel Republicans into the majority, told CNN.... He’s spoken with Trump about Medicaid four times, including once in recent days.... He was also one of 12 members who signed a rare public letter to their leadership demanding that they preserve the health program benefits in a final bill....

Ever the outsider wrecking ball, Bannon set the example for turning efforts to hold Trump acolytes accountable into fuel for more extremism.... " I am never going to back down.... They took on the wrong guy this time," Bannon said, launching what is effectively a political campaign that will unfold alongside what could be a long legal fight, which could even outlast the committee's lifespan if Republicans win control of the House next November and shut down the probe....

" Raisi's choice shows that he gives importance to regional issues in his foreign policy," a former Iranian official said.... A former ambassador to Bahrain, Amirabdollahian was deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs between 2011 and 2016.... He was deputy chief of mission at Iran’s embassy in Baghdad from 1997-2001....

But GOP leaders took the gamble, and went ahead with the vote anyway. Five Republicans opposed the bill in the Budget Committee’s meeting on Friday to stitch together the various pieces of Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts bill.... And those five no votes just voted for the biggest tax increase in American history, ” GOP Rep.... Tom McClintock of California, who voted to advance Trump’s bill, said after it failed. Negotiations with leadership are still ongoing....