Japan's ruling party, led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, secured a landslide victory in Sunday's snap election, according to figures collated by public broadcaster NHK. The coalition, including Takaichi's Liberal Democrat Party (LDP), won 352 of 465 seats in Japan's House of Representatives, with the LDP alone securing a majority of 316. This decisive win comes just four months after Takaichi became party leader.
Meanwhile, in Thailand, Prime Minister Anutin Charnavirakul claimed victory in the general election, with preliminary vote counts showing his ruling conservatives well ahead of their rivals. Anutin's Bhumjaithai party is projected to win 194 seats in Bangkok's 500-seat parliament, while the reformist People's Party is in second place with 116 seats, according to early results. Anutin stated his success belonged to "all Thais, no matter whether you voted for us or not."
In other international news, Russia announced it had identified three suspects involved in the shooting of Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alexeyev. The man accused of carrying out the attack is Lyubomir Korba, a Ukrainian-born Russian citizen. Russia's Investigations Committee (SK) said Korba arrived in Moscow in late December "on assignment from Ukrainian intelligence services to commit a terrorist attack." Kyiv has reportedly denied involvement. The shooting took place in a residential block of flats in the north-western outskirts of Moscow.
Domestically, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro stated the U.S. would never cease seeking justice for Americans killed by terrorists, following the arrest of Zubayr Al-Bakoush, alleged to be one of the leaders of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. "We're coming for you now. We've got him. We've got a lot more coming," Pirro said on "Fox Friends Weekend."
Also in the U.S., the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) were the subject of debate. After the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a protester identified as "Andrew" told MS NOW he had flown in from Colorado to protest. The DSA framed the killing as a "murder," identifying "Andrew" as a DSA National Political Committee member.
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