Palestinian Authority Announces New Cabinet as It Faces Calls for Reform
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FILE - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, shown here at a conference in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023, announced on March 28, 2024, the formation of a new Cabinet.
The Palestinian Authority announced the formation of a new Cabinet on Thursday as it faces international pressure to reform.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire in Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine, April 27, 2024, following Russian night attacks. Police walk in front of a crater after a Russian rocket attack on a mental hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 27, 2024.
Frank Guridy, a Columbia University history professor who teaches a course called "Columbia 1968," speaks to students at the protest encampment on campus, maintained by student protesters of the Israel-Hamas war, in New York on April 25, 2024. FILE - FILE - Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 17, 2024. Demonstration leader Khymani James, center, and other protesters address the media on the Columbia University campus in New York on April 24, 2024. James was been banned from campus Friday for comments she made on a video in January that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”
Kuandyk Bishimbayev, accused of killing his wife, is seen at his trial in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 12, 2024. The case has hit a nerve in the nation, with petitioners urging harsher penalties for domestic violence. (Kazakhstan Supreme Court Press Office) This June 2017 photo provided by Aitbek Amangeldy shows a selfie taken by his sister, Saltanat Nukenova, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Her husband, former economy minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev, is on trial in her November 2023 death. (Aitbek Amangeldy via AP) Two women buy flowers in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 21, 2024. A high-profile trial involving the killing of Saltanat Nukenova has raised awareness of spousal abuse in the Central Asian country. Businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, the country's former economy minister, sits in a defendant's cage in court in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 19, 2024. (Kazakhstan Supreme Court Press Office)
FILE - The interior of the Hope Hostel is seen in the capital Kigali, Rwanda on June 10, 2022. Rwanda government's deputy spokesperson Alain Mukuralinda said April 23, 2024, it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom. A view of Hope Hostel, one of the locations where the asylum seekers from the U.K. are expected to arrive in the next 10-12 weeks in Kigali, Rwanda, April 24, 2024. The management of the hostel says the facility is ready to accommodate 100 migrants.