Bloomberg Former Pakistan premier Imran Khan called for early national elections after his party swept the by-elections in the country’s most populous state, underscoring the risks the government faces as it seeks a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. Khan was ousted in April following a protracted political drama that saw Shehbaz Sharif take over as prime minister. Since ...

Bloomberg Clear dividing lines over the economy emerged as the UK’s leadership race turned personal in the second of three debates to determine who will succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister. Front-runner and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak accused Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt, his two closest rivals, of “socialism” as he attacked their plans to ...

  Bloomberg Bulgaria’s president will give the Socialist Party a mandate to form a new government in a last-ditch bid to avoid triggering the fourth election in less than two years. It’s the European Union member’s final chance to quickly quell a political crisis that ousted Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s four-party coalition in a no-confidence motion last month. But the ...