Bloomberg Gaza militants launched dozens of rockets and flaming kites into Israel’s south, drawing retaliatory Israeli strikes, in one of the fiercest confrontations between the sides since Palestinian protests along the border peaked in mid-May. Israeli aircraft targeted about 25 military sites belonging to Gaza’s ruling Hamas group, the army said, warning that the group was dragging Gaza along a ...

Bloomberg Ivory Coast authorities are planning an emergency response after at least 19 people died in floods and scores of others were evacuated from their homes. Heavy rains pounding the world’s biggest cocoa producer made roads impassable in Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan on June 19, according to the agency that coordinates national rescue operations. President Alassane Ouattara shortened a ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May faced down a rebellion from pro-European rebels in her party, keeping her Brexit strategy on track and bolstering her position. But the narrow result indicates more battles to come. Lawmakers voted 319-303 to reject an amendment to her flagship Brexit legislation that was supported by some rebels in her Conservative Party. It was intended to ...