Bloomberg An explosion outside the Russian embassy in Kabul killed a senior diplomat and a security guard, Russia said. A Taliban spokesman confirmed the blast. “An unknown gunman detonated an explosive device in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular section of the Russian Embassy in Kabul,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday. “Two ...

Bloomberg The UK government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has come under a legal attack by a group of refugees who condemned the country as “authoritarian,” in the latest bid to topple one of outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most controversial policies. The asylum seekers kicked off their battle Monday at London’s High Court, arguing that the policy ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s military shot back at former Prime Minister Imran Khan after he accused the government of delaying fresh elections until after a new army chief is appointed in November, further raising political tensions in the South Asian nation. At a rally on Sunday, Khan alleged that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his allies “want their man because they have ...