Bloomberg Election officials in Mali are due to start counting ballot papers after a presidential runoff that observers say was mostly peaceful, even as sporadic incidents of violence broke out in regions where the nation is battling militancy. Voters decided whether President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita should win a second five-year mandate after securing 41 percent of the votes in the ...

Bloomberg As public pressure mounts on Israeli leaders to crush rocket barrages from the Gaza Strip, they’re opting to try the diplomatic route while a greater threat looms: Iran’s presence in postwar Syria. To keep his military focussed on the northern front, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a long-term truce with Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza ...

Bloomberg Italian Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio says the country won’t be subject to an attack by speculators, after a leading figure from his coalition partner said the Italian and European establishment want to “abort” Italy’s populist government. “I don’t see a real risk that this government will be attacked, it’s more a wish of the opposition,” Di Maio said ...