Bloomberg Israel’s air force carried out strikes against Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip after Palestinian snipers shot and killed an Israeli soldier at the border, amid warnings that the conflict was sliding towards war. Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip, said that four of its members were killed in the air strikes. The Israel Defense Forces said ...

Bloomberg PM Narendra Modi defeated a no-confidence vote in India’s parliament after a day of raucous debate in which opposition parties assailed the ruling party’s record. As expected, Modi was able to defeat the opposition-led motion by a vote of 325 to 126 with his Bharatiya Janata Party’s majority in the lower house of parliament. Before the motion was put to ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is changing the subject — but it’s not clear how easily Republicans in Congress will be able to move on. After days of backlash over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump sought refuge in the populism that won him office. He threatened China with more tariffs, accused the European Union of currency manipulation and ...