Politics

Bloomberg A Supreme Court panel in India refused to issue orders on the government’s petition to stop a proposed rally by farmers that would run at the same time as Republic Day celebrations on January 26. The three-judge panel headed by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde said police, and not the court, should decide on allowing farmers into ...

Bloomberg Tunisia saw another night of anti-government protests after the prime minister acknowledged “legitimate” anger at nation’s economic malaise while warning against the use of violence. Protesters blocked roads, burned tires and skirmished with police in mainly working class neighbourhoods of Tunis and the central city of Kasserine, local broadcaster reported. More than 600 people have been arrested in upheaval ...

Bloomberg President-elect Joe Biden was expected to arrive in Washington, the eve of his inauguration, with the usual backdrop of celebrations and political comity replaced by a military lockdown. Biden was expected to spend the night at Blair House, the guest residence across the street from the White House — one of just a few traditions being honoured during the ...

Bloomberg The Taliban has called on President-elect Joe Biden to honour a US agreement to withdraw all the American forces from Afghanistan by May in order to secure intra-Afghan peace talks and end two-decade-long war. “Steps must now be taken to end the war, not to prolong it, and the agreement was made for the purpose,” Mohammad Naeem, a senior ...

Bloomberg Russia vowed to ignore US and European calls to free jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny after he urged Western governments to sanction key allies of President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, 44, identified eight people as potential targets for punitive measures, including billionaire Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich and tycoon Alisher Usmanov as well as top officials, in a list ...

Bloomberg Sudanese forces quelled latest inter-communal clashes in Darfur, a state governor said, as authorities grapple with violence that’s killed more than 100 people in broader region after peacekeepers began withdrawing. A joint military force managed to control fighting that erupted between Arab and non-Arab communities in South Darfur and left dozens dead and wounded, state-run news agency reported, citing ...

Bloomberg Joe Biden will take the oath of office as president in a ceremony dramatically reshaped by the coronavirus pandemic and still-simmering threats of violence in Washington, casting a pall over the quadrennial celebration of American democracy. His swearing-in at the US Capitol on Wednesday will come amid an unprecedented cordon of security, with strict physical distancing measures in place ...

Bloomberg Russian police detained opposition leader Alexey Navalny, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, as he arrived in Moscow after being treated in Germany for poisoning, drawing immediate criticism from the US and Europe. Navalny, 44, was met by officers at passport control as he landed in Moscow on a plane from Berlin, according to a live video feed ...

Bloomberg South Korea’s Moon Jae-in said he would push for an early summit with US President-elect Joe Biden to revive nuclear talks stalled for much of the past two years. The South Korean president told his annual new year’s news conference Monday that he wanted to work with the incoming US administration to “reaffirm our consensus on the peace process ...

Bloomberg Tunisian police arrested hundreds of people during several nights of unrest over growing economic hardships and political paralysis a decade after the protests that ignited the Arab Spring uprisings. The army has deployed troops in several cities, including the capital, to halt the looting of shops and banks and attacks on public buildings. Defying a curfew imposed to contain ...