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Conservatives in the country have often accused the courts of overreach. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to outsource asylum requests is now part of that longstanding battle.

Plus, a long-lost Chopin waltz.

A violent attack on a Vietnamese fishing boat tests Hanoi’s muted but resolute approach to China’s aggression in the South China Sea.

The director of the C.I.A. was in Qatar for preliminary talks with Israeli officials aimed at reviving cease-fire negotiations with Hamas.

Cities in eastern and southern Ukraine are increasingly being hit by Russian glide bombs, converted gravity bombs that can be guided to targets, often landing without detection, residents and officials say.

Mr. Robinson, the founder of the English Defence League, was sentenced to 18 months for ignoring a court order to stop making false claims about a teenage Syrian refugee.

Deep-seated grievance among Japanese voters has put the Liberal Democrats, longstanding custodians of the status quo, on notice.

Conservatives have often accused the Italian courts of overreach. The prime minister’s plan to outsource asylum requests is now part of that longstanding battle.

Pluckley is said to count at least 12 spirits among its 1,000 residents. Come October, ghost hunters arrive in droves to a place where even nonbelievers concede they’ve had eerie encounters.

Yamandú Orsi, a center-left former mayor, finished first on Sunday but fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid another round of voting.