BLOOMBERG The UK’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, increased the terror threat level in Northern Ireland from substantial to “severe,” meaning an attack is deemed to be “highly likely” just as US President Joe Biden plans a visit to the region. “The public should remain vigilant, but not be alarmed, and continue to report any concerns they have to the Police …

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 …