Politics

Bloomberg Boris Johnson faces mounting pressure to submit to public scrutiny, after his rival in the race to be UK prime minister tried to turn questions about the front-runner’s character to his advantage. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the underdog candidate in the contest to lead the ruling Conservative Party, called on Johnson to take part in more media interviews and ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US will impose major new sanctions on Iran on Monday, days after he abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against the Islamic Republic based on the concept of proportionality after Iran shot down a US Navy drone. The sanctions move, announced on Twitter with no additional detail, came as Trump spent the day ...

Bloomberg The Ethiopian army’s chief of staff was shot dead by a bodyguard in what the government of Africa’s second-most populous country said was an assassination related to an attempted coup. General Seare Mekonnen and retired Major General Gezai Abera were killed at the army chief’s residence in the capital, Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office said in an ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump put off for two weeks the start of a planned nationwide roundup of undocumented immigrants, tempering a vow made to have them “removed from the country” starting next week. Trump said he was acting “at the request of Democrats,” although immigration officials suggested that reports on the timing of the actions played a role. The delay ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a personal letter from US President Donald Trump, state media KCNA reported. The letter has “excellent content” and Kim, along with his military, read it with “satisfaction,” KCNA reported. Correspondence between Trump and Kim “has been ongoing,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement, confirming the letter was sent ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson pitched his bid for UK prime minister to Conservative Party members and drew cheers when he dodged questions about a spat with his partner that brought the police to his London home. Front-runner Johnson and his opponent Jeremy Hunt made their opening appeals to grass-roots Tories at a hustings, or political roadshow, that focussed attention on Johnson’s ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he called off retaliatory strikes on three Iranian sites following the downing of a US Navy drone because the action wouldn’t have been “proportionate.” “We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General,” Trump tweeted. ...

Bloomberg United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on the Venezuelan government to release political prisoners. “I call on the authorities to free all those who are detained for peacefully exercising their civil and political rights,” Bachelet said via webcast before departing Venezuela after a three-day visit. The UN will leave two officials in Caracas to provide ...

Bloomberg In the coffee shops of Britain’s parliament, the political conversation has already turned to the question that will define the country’s immediate future: Can Boris Johnson be stopped from pursuing a no-deal Brexit? The options under discussion for Conservative politicians who want to avoid a no-deal split from the European Union are dramatic. They include quitting the party and ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Saifuddin bin Abdullah has called for justice to be brought to the perpetrators of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, the ministry wrote in a tweet. The social media post was sent during a regional summit in Bangkok. Southeast Asian leaders have faced pressure to take a tougher stance on Myanmar ahead of the annual ...