Bloomberg Nigeria said 82 more girls were freed by the Boko Haram militant group out of the hundreds abducted from a school dormitory more than three years ago in exchange for some of its jailed leaders. “After lengthy negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these girls in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities,” Garba …

  Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party won a state election in northern Germany, according to projections based on exit polls, handing her Social Democratic challengers their second straight defeat at the polls before the nation votes in September. The German leader’s Christian Democratic Union took 33 percent of the vote on Sunday to 26 percent for the Social Democratic Party, …

  Bloomberg Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry denied a report by Pakistan that 50 Afghan forces were killed in a skirmish last week, a spokesman said on Sunday. The border fight erupted in the past few days in Kandahar province and ended with both sides announcing a cease-fire, Najib Danish, a spokesman to the Interior Ministry, said by phone. Pakistan’s army had …