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World in brief: July 14, 2024
Khadga Prasad Oli (centre) the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal leaves his residence to meet his supporters after being appointed as Prime Minister, in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 14, 2024

NEPAL: The leader of the country’s largest communist party was named as the new prime minister today, following the collapse of a previous coalition government.

Khadga Prasad Oli will head a coalition made up of his Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the Nepali Congress party, the two biggest parties in Nepal.

It is his fourth stint as prime minister.

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