Politics

Bloomberg Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said his party will court arrest to protest the government’s refusal to hold early elections and fight the tough measures being put in place to unlock a crucial loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party will continue its campaign to push for early elections — and will take to ...

  Bloomberg UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer blocked his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a candidate for the party at the next general election, as the opposition seeks to draw a line under the antisemitism scandals that have plagued its recent past. “Jeremy Corbyn will not stand for Labour at the next general election,” Starmer said morning, in ...

Bloomberg Nato countries may agree as soon as this summer to spend at least 2% of their economic output on defense, a slight shift from the alliance’s 10-year-old pledge to “move toward the 2% guideline.” North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the alliance’s defense ministers were supposed to discuss the target when they meet in Brussels for ...

Bloomberg Secretary of State Antony Blinken is considering a meeting with Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, at a security conference later this week, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be their first face-to-face talks since an uproar over a Chinese balloon led to a new spike in tensions. Blinken and Wang would meet at the Munich Security ...

  Bloomberg Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina Governor and Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, announced Tuesday that she’s running for president, casting herself as the Republican leader best positioned to usher in a fresh chapter for the GOP. “It’s time for a new generation of leadership – to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our ...

Bloomberg President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s embattled defense chief appointed three deputies as part of a shakeup aimed at quelling accusations over corruption in the top echelons of the government. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who earlier this month confronted speculation that he would be removed from his post, is taking to damage control after officials under him were swept up in a ...

  Bloomberg The Philippines has protested China’s move to aim a military-grade laser at a Philippine ship in the South China Sea which the US said was “provocative and unsafe” and threatens peace and stability in the region. The diplomatic protest, filed with the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday, “condemned the shadowing, harassment, dangerous maneuvers, directing of military-grade laser, ...

  Bloomberg The US military had never shot down an object in American airspace before taking out a Chinese balloon off South Carolina earlier this month. Now it’s becoming a near-daily occurrence. The sudden spate of US jets blasting unidentified objects of mysterious origin from the skies has provoked so much befuddlement — not to mention panic — that Pentagon ...

  Bloomberg The Philippines said China should restrict its forces to prevent committing any “provocative act” after a Chinese ship directed a military-grade laser light at a Philippine coast guard vessel in an area claimed by both nations in the South China Sea. “It is time for the Chinese government to restrain its forces so that it does not commit ...

  Bloomberg Moldova’s president called for heightened security and “maximum vigilance” after she cited fresh intelligence detailing Russian attempts to destabilise the country and overthrow her government. President Maia Sandu spoke three days after appointing a top security adviser, Dorin Recean, as prime minister, part of a government reshuffle that takes into account Moldova’s vulnerable position after Russia’s invasion of ...