Jordan's PM Reshuffles Cabinet

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh speaks during a news conference. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh speaks during a news conference. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Jordan's PM Reshuffles Cabinet

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh speaks during a news conference. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh speaks during a news conference. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher al Khasawneh announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday to improve his administration's performance under IMF-guided economic reforms.

The finance, foreign and interior ministers were kept in place in the reshuffle, which changed nearly a third of cabinet ministers overall. Of 11 new ministers, three are women.

Khasawneh has sought to accelerate reforms pushed by King Abdullah II.

The government last summer unveiled a plan to attract over $40 billion of investments over the next 10 years. It said it was committed to implementing free market reforms.



Turkish Drone Strike Kills Three PKK Members in Northern Iraq

Turkish Army vehicles are driven away on a convoy at the Habur/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq, near Silopi, southeastern Türkiye, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (AP)
Turkish Army vehicles are driven away on a convoy at the Habur/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq, near Silopi, southeastern Türkiye, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (AP)
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Turkish Drone Strike Kills Three PKK Members in Northern Iraq

Turkish Army vehicles are driven away on a convoy at the Habur/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq, near Silopi, southeastern Türkiye, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (AP)
Turkish Army vehicles are driven away on a convoy at the Habur/Ibrahim Khalil border crossing with Iraq, near Silopi, southeastern Türkiye, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. (AP)

A Turkish drone strike on Friday killed three members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said.
The statement said a vehicle which belonged to the PKK was hit by the drone strike near the northern city of Sulaimaniya. A senior PKK member, his driver and a guard were killed in the attack, the statement added.
Türkiye regularly carries out air strikes on PKK group in northern Iraq and has dozens of outposts in Iraqi territory. The PKK took up arms against the Turkish state in 1984.