Bloomberg Battered by more than a month of protests, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said he would step down before the end of his fourth term on April 28, but suggested he would still craft the foundations of the transition to come. The announcement appeared aimed at avoiding what could be a military-sanctioned, and embarrassing, constitutional push to have him declared ...

Bloomberg Thailand’s army chief slammed exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra in a rare briefing following a disputed election, a further sign that his allies will struggle to form a government. “He never admits to his crime,” Apirat Kongsompong told foreign media organisations in Bangkok. “If someone has money and is powerful, does that mean you can never go to jail? ...

Bloomberg India’s main opposition Congress party has pledged to tackle unemployment and poverty as it seeks to wrest power from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling coalition just days out from a national election. Led by Rahul Gandhi, the party released its election manifesto in New Delhi, promising to rid India of poverty by 2030, waive farm loans, introduce a single ...