Karim Khan also asks for an immediate investigation into the allegations against him.

The German-Iranian had denied leading a group that bombed a mosque in 2008, killing 14 people.

His party said it held President Luis Arce's government responsible. Arce condemned violence in politics and pledge…

The shock results leave Japan with a weakened ruling party, which has been in power almost continuously since 1955.

Irakli Kobakhidze says the ruling party won the vote by a landslide, but the president says it was a fraud.

The BBC's Gaza correspondent is among the Palestinians who have fled their home since the war began.

The synod was the end of a four-year consultation aimed at gauging the views of Catholics.