Bloomberg Dozens of people were said to have been killed in a raid by suspected militants in Mozambique, as an upsurge of violence threatens billions of dollars-worth of energy projects in one of Africa’s poorest nations. The violence began March 24 when armed attackers described by the government as terrorists assaulted the northern coastal town of Palma, close to a ...

Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is under pressure to join other major democracies in imposing sanctions on China over human-rights violations as he prepares for his first face-to-face summit with US President Joe Biden. Numerous reports of serious human-rights abuses against the Uyghur ethnic group in China’s far western region of Xinjiang have prompted several countries in the West ...

Bloomberg Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reshuffled his cabinet, adding one additional woman to the 22-person body and elevating others to more senior roles as he seeks to ease a backlash against his government sparked by its handling of sexual assault allegations in parliament. While Morrison has promoted women to helm the high-profile attorney-general and home affairs portfolios, he risks ...