Amid an ongoing controversy over the image of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on an icon in Tbilisi's Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Georgian Patriarchate said on January 11 that the donors of the icon must change the part portraying Stalin.
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on January 11 approved the release of $700 million of a $3 billion bailout for cash-strapped Pakistan, the Pakistani Finance Ministry said.
The United States is "disappointed" by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Ukraine policy and looks forward to Budapest fulfilling its promise not to be the last to ratify Sweden's NATO accession, a senior U.S. State Department official said on January 11.
A draft bill on tightening Ukraine’s mobilization rules has been withdrawn from parliament, but a new version is ready for the government to review, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on January 11.