Bloomberg Pressure is mounting on Germany’s Social Democrats to join Chancellor Angela Merkel in a revived alliance and end the impasse threatening political stability in Europe’s largest economy. While Merkel has publicly stated she’s open to another election, her backers are betting that the SPD will abandon its aversion to a rerun of the “grand coalition,” according to people familiar ...

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump’s designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism is a severe provocation that reminds the country it should keep hold of its “precious nuclear sword,” the nation’s foreign ministry said through its official Korean Central News Agency. In the Korean language statement on Wednesday, Pyongyang said it opposed any form of support for ...

Bloomberg At least 50 people were killed in a suicide blast in a northeastern Nigerian town, the deadliest mosque bombing in three years by suspected Boko Haram militants. The teenage male assailant entered a mosque in the town of Mubi strapped with improvised explosives and detonated them as people gathered at dawn for prayers, Adam-awa state police spokesman Othman Abubakar ...