Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is the first foreign dignitary to visit Pakistan since the deaths of 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir, for which India blames Pakistan.
It was a defeat for the conservative party, whose campaign promises, including on immigration and government efficiency, were widely seen as emulating Donald Trump.
Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has emerged as a possible contender for the next pope, but is dogged by a record of poor administration in his role leading a Vatican organization.
“There’s a huge level of interest globally,” a manager for a platform analyzing betting markets said. “I don’t think we’ve had a market like this where we’ve had so many countries interested in seeing odds.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the German intelligence agency designation of the far-right AfD party “tyranny in disguise,” after the agency classified AfD a “proven right-wing extremist organization.”