BLOOMBERG India’s fractured opposition parties are coming together to demand that Rahul Gandhi be reinstated as a lawmaker after he was convicted of defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Lawmaker Manish Tewari, who is also a member of Gandhi’s Congress party, said there’s an “unprecedented closure of ranks” among the opposition on the politician’s ouster and they see it as an …

BLOOMBERG The Philippines will cut contact with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it denied the government’s request to suspend the probe on former leader Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said. “That ends our involvement with the ICC,” Marcos said in a televised briefing, referring to the court. “At this point, we are disengaging from any …

BLOOMBERG French unions hold a 10th day of nationwide protests on Tuesday to try to force President Emmanuel Macron to hit the brakes on his unpopular pension reform and open fresh talks. As concerns grow over mounting violence, labour organisations have blamed the government for creating an explosive situation. Marches ended in chaos, with hardcore fringes clashing with riot police. …