Bloomberg The powerful Algerian army chief who played a key role in the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika died aged 79, injecting fresh drama into the OPEC member’s simmering political crisis. Ahmed Gaid Salah suffered a heart attack at 6 a.m local time, Algerian state media reported on Monday. Three days of mourning were declared. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was ...

Bloomberg Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton told news service Axios that President Donald Trump’s administration should admit its approach to end North Korea’s nuclear arms program has “failed.” Bolton suggested the Trump administration is bluffing about stopping North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and it would be “very unusual” for his former employer to say that they got it wrong, ...

Bloomberg A Saudi court sentenced five people to death for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Three out of 11 who stood trial for last year’s murder at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul were given a total of 24-year prison terms, according to a statement read out at the public prosecutor’s office on Monday. The court found three others not guilty. ...