Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov and his entire government have resigned, the authorities in the Central Asian country say.
Attacks in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq have killed five people, exactly a month ahead of parliamentary polls that remain in disarray after the mass resignations of election commissioners last week.
All ministers in the Kuwaiti government submitted their resignations on Monday, the government spokesman said, after media reports of an imminent reshuffle.