Top Czech attorney rules PM Babis’s fraud investigation to continue
The top Czech state attorney said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Andrej Babis would be investigated further for fraud in a case involving European Union subsidies, reversing an earlier decision to drop the matter.
Germany expels two Russians over killing of Georgian in Berlin
Germany said it had expelled two Russian embassy employees in protest over what it said was Moscow’s lack of cooperation in an investigation into the murder of a Georgian man in Berlin, in which prosecutors suspect Russian or Chechen involvement.
French lawmakers tackle anti-Semitism as Jewish graves desecrated
Scores of Jewish graves were found desecrated in a cemetery in eastern France, police said, hours before lawmakers adopted a resolution equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.
Ukraine president wants all-for-all prisoner exchange with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he wanted to agree an exchange with Russia of all remaining prisoners when he meets Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Paris next week.
Division pervades NATO as the ‘brain dead’ meet the ‘delinquent’
NATO leaders gathered at a golf resort near London on Wednesday for a summit acrimonious even by the standards of the Trump era, aiming to tackle sharp disagreements over spending, future threats including China and Turkey’s role in the alliance.
Gunmen kill head of Japan aid agency, five others in Afghanistan
Gunmen killed six people, including the head of a Japanese aid agency, on Wednesday in an attack on their vehicle in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.
Chinese diplomat visits South Korea to re-set ties
South Korea said it would seek China’s help to denuclearize the Korean peninsula as one of Beijing’s most senior diplomats arrived in Seoul on Wednesday to repair ties that soured over the deployment of U.S. anti-missile systems in 2017.
India’s cabinet sends religion-based citizenship bill to parliament
India’s cabinet approved a bill on Wednesday to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighboring Muslim countries, the first time that the country is seeking to grant nationality on the basis of religion.
Ex-Lebanese PMs seen dealing blow to chances of government led by Khatib
Any candidate for the post of Lebanese prime minister who engages in talks over the make-up of the cabinet before being formally designated premier is violating the constitution, three former prime ministers said.
U.S. peace envoy in Kabul for revival of talks: sources
U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to meet Afghanistan’s president to discuss ways of resuming peace talks, Afghan government officials said, after negotiations with the Taliban collapsed in September.
