Ayad Allawi
Former communication minister to form new government in Iraq
Iraq's president on Feb. 1 assigned the country's former communications minister to form a new government.
Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi announced President Barham Salih's mandate to form the new government on Twitter.
He also addressed protestors urging them to continue their demonstrations until a change was achieved in the country.
Known Islamist Shot Dead in Berlin after Knife Attack on Police Officer
German police have shot dead a convicted Islamist in Berlin who stabbed a policewoman with a knife and seriously injured her, the BBC reported.
Police were called to Spandau district, in western Berlin, after reports that a man was wielding a knife in the street, threatening passers-by. The man seriously injured a female police officer before another officer shot and killed him.