Belarus opposition leader gives strongman ultimatum to quit

MINSK: Belarus’s exiled opposition leader on Tuesday gave strongman President Alexander Lukashenko a deadline of two weeks to resign, halt violence and release political prisoners, warning he would otherwise face a crippling general strike. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who maintains she was the true winner of an August 9 election, issued what she said was a “people’s ultimatum”, demanding Lukashenko quit power by October 25 and halt the “state terror” unleashed by...