Bloomberg Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah dug in after parliament picked a rival premier, vowing to lay out later this week a plan for holding delayed presidential elections in the war-torn Opec member. “The election train has set off,” Dbeibah said in a televised address. Lawmakers last week selected Fathi Bashagha, a former interior minister, as premier, saying ...

Bloomberg The US refusal to recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, coupled with sanctions and frozen assets, could push the country into chaos and threaten Pakistan’s stability, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said. Khan said in an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” that the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, caused in part by the abrupt cancellation of foreign aid ...

Bloomberg Spain’s ultraconservative Vox party is poised to enter a regional government for the first time, after record results in local elections on Sunday. Vox came third in the central Castilla y Leon region, more than tripling its share of the vote after winning 13 seats in the 81-strong assembly. The main opposition center-right People’s Party (PP) came first with ...