Politics
Georgia prosecutors are investigating allegations of voter fraud
Prosecutors in Georgia said they had launched an investigation into opposition allegations of possible forgery in the weekend parliamentary elections in which the ruling Georgian
Canada accuses Indian minister Amit Shah of plotting against Sikh separatists
The Canadian government said Tuesday that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was behind plots against Sikh separatists
Vatican anti-abuse commission calls for clearer rules to compensate victims
The Catholic Church needs to unify policies to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse, the Vatican’s child protection commission said in its first annual report.
Xi Jinping demanded Biden change language on Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping last year asked US President Joe Biden to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwan
Uruguay election heads to run-off vote
Official presidential results in Uruguay showed that centre-left candidate Yamandu Orsi will face conservative Álvaro Delgado in a run-off next month, as neither candidate won
Japan’s government is in limbo after elections, no party has a majority
The composition of Japan’s future government was in trouble on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-plagued coalition in early elections over the
Putin says Moscow will respond if the West helps Ukraine advance in Russia
President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s Defence Ministry was working on ways to respond if the United States and its NATO allies help Ukraine attack Russia
Israel strikes Iran’s former nuclear weapons test building and missile facilities
A US researcher said an Israeli airstrike on Saturday hit a building that was part of Iran’s closed nuclear weapons development programme. He and another
Polish president vows to defend border amid asylum row
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would protect his country’s eastern border, rejecting criticism that a plan to temporarily stop accepting asylum applications violated
Israeli strike on a municipal building in southern Lebanon
An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday on a municipal building in Nabatiyeh, a large city in southern Lebanon that is the administrative centre of the province,