Bloomberg Myanmar’s military has asked security forces responsible for deadly attacks on anti-coup protesters over the weekend not to use live ammunition as international condemnation grows. The announcement was made in a broadcast on state-run MRTV after the Southeast Asian nation saw its deadliest day since the February 1 coup, with the United Nations saying at least 18 protesters were ...

Bloomberg Gunmen in Nigeria freed hundreds of schoolgirls abducted last week in the northern state of Zamfara, the police said. “They were released in the early hours of this morning,“ state Commissioner of Police Abutu Yaro said by phone on Tuesday. A total of 279 girls were released, state Governor Bello Matawalle said on BBC Hausa radio. No ransom was ...

Bloomberg Chile’s Constitutional Assembly is shaping up to be far from the radical hotbed some investors had feared, as a split political left increases the odds that fringe candidates will be shut out from the rewrite of the nation’s charter. Parties open to changing the nation’s economic rules failed to coalesce behind one list of candidates for the body that ...