Bloomberg A suicide bomber and his accomplice detonated explosives in Pakistan’s capital when police tried to check their vehicle, killing themselves, one policeman and injuring five people. The incident, the first such attack in Islamabad in more than eight years, took place in a neighbourhood close to the garrison town of Rawalpindi, local police said on Twitter. An attack ...

  Bloomberg A shooting in Paris has left two people dead and four injured, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. The shooting took place around noon on Friday in the 10th arrondissement. A 69-year-old man old was arrested, the prosecutor’s office said. Authorities are still determining the man’s identity. The shooting occurred on rue d’Enghien, near a Kurdish cultural center, Agence ...

  Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised Hong Kong’s leader John Lee for reviving the local economy and safeguarding national security, while Premier Li Keqiang called for better coordination over the reopening of the city’s border with the mainland. Xi told Lee the city is on the “right track” as the two met in Beijing, according to the South ...