Bloomberg The embattled Belarusian opposition lost contact with two more members of its coordination council as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko targets the leaders of the biggest protests of his 26-year rule. Lawyers Maksim Znak and Ilya Saley were targeted in separate raids on Wednesday, opposition spokesman Gleb Germanchuk said. Znak managed to tell him that “someone came to visit us” ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump plans to announce further US troop reductions in Iraq on Wednesday, an administration official said. The US commander in the Middle East, General Frank McKenzie, said the current level of 5,200 military personnel would be reduced to 3,000 in September, CNN reported on Wednesday. After sending more American forces to the Middle East in his first ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from within his own ruling Conservative Party after the UK government said it plans to break international law over Brexit. As trade talks with the European Union continue, the prime minister will take questions in Parliament and is likely to be put under pressure by senior Tories who fear the move will undermine ...