Politics

Bloomberg Sudanese pro-democracy protesters maintained their sit-in at army headquarters to demand civilian rule, as soldiers quashed attempts by mystery gunmen to disperse the long-running demonstration that helped oust President Omar al-Bashir. Gunfire rocked one side of the sprawling protest site in the capital, Khartoum, and witnesses said they saw troops apprehend a small group of masked men with firearms. ...

Bloomberg The Democratic Republic of Congo will join the global fight against IS, which President Felix Tshisekedi said poses a threat to his country. Tshisekedi stressed links between the extremist group and the Allied Democratic Forces, a shadowy militia that has operated in Congo since the 1990s, during a visit to Washington. Little is known about the ADF and analysts ...

Bloomberg In India’s richest state, Maruti Bhosle roamed the parched fields surrounding his one-room tin hut before taking his life. The farmer left behind a wife, a daughter and $2,160 rupees of debt borrowed at a 60 percent interest rate. The story is eerily repeated in many villages in Beed district, which sits a few hours’ drive from India’s financial ...

Bloomberg Russia is preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s first summit with President Vladimir Putin, setting the stage for consultations between the long-time allies after Kim’s nuclear talks with the US broke down. Russian officials told a South Korean diplomatic delegation visiting Moscow this week that plans were being made for a summit but offered no details on a ...

Bloomberg Pressure mounted on Sudan’s military rulers to cede power as the African Union echoed protesters’ calls for a swift handover to a civilian government in the wake of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir’s ouster. Demonstrators kept up their carnival-like sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum, the capital, for an 11th day, despite an apparent bid to disperse them. The Sudanese ...

Bloomberg French citizens joined global leaders to rally behind Emmanuel Macron in the aftermath of a fire that ravaged the iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, giving the French President an opportunity to quell the political volatility that’s embroiled his government. Macron vowed to rebuild the 850-year-old Gothic monument, an issue that’s united the French population across the political spectrum, with ...

Bloomberg Respect among Russians for Joseph Stalin has surged to the highest level of President Vladimir Putin’s era, with 70 percent saying his rule had been good for the country, according to a poll tracking attitudes towards the Soviet dictator. A record 51 percent viewed Stalin positively in March, up from 40 percent a year earlier, the survey by the ...

Bloomberg The US’s killing of the deputy leader of an IS faction in Somalia’s Puntland will blunt the group’s ability to carry out further attacks in the semi-autonomous region that sits near a key shipping lane, Puntland’s security minister said. The US confirmed it carried out an airstrike that killed Abdulhakim Dhuqub in the northeastern Somali region. It described Dhuqub ...

Bloomberg Sudanese pro-democracy protesters won further concessions from the army that overthrew President Omar al-Bashir, as upheaval in the ruling military council signals a power struggle among the remnants of his 30-year regime. Since taking control, the council has cancelled its curfew, freed prisoners, changed leadership and vowed to review laws that brought trials for perceived indecency or apostasy, all ...

Bloomberg South Korean President Moon Jae-in said it’s time to prepare for talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, commenting just days after returning from a visit to the White House where he tried to get faltering nuclear negotiations back on track. Moon, who has tried to be a bridge between Kim and President Donald Trump, said North Korea’s leader ...