Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has named Nirmala Sitharaman as the country's next finance minister.
Sitharaman previously served as India’s defense minister.
Meanwhile the chief of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will now become home minister.
BJP President Amit Shah is widely considered the chief architect behind the party’s landslide victory in the general election.
On Thursday Modi was sworn in for a second term as India's prime minister.
Afghan Taliban says 400 killed in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital
At least 400 people have been killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug users' rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday, with Pakistan rejecting the claim.
Kuwait arrests Hezbollah-linked cell in security crackdown
Kuwaiti security authorities have uncovered and arrested a cell linked to the banned organisation Hezbollah that was planning to destabilise the country and recruit new members.
Drone attack hits hotel in Baghdad Green Zone
Iraq's interior ministry said on Monday that a drone hit a hotel in Baghdad without causing casualties or material damages.
Vance plays down differences with Trump on Iran war
US Vice President JD Vance on Monday expressed support for the way President Donald Trump was handling the war in Iran and said he trusted him to make sure that "the mistakes of the past" are not repeated.
US allies rebuff Trump's request for support in Strait of Hormuz
Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump for military support to keep the vital waterway open.
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