Bloomberg Japan and South Korea struck a last-minute deal to rescue their expiring intelligence-sharing pact, after a push from the Trump administration averted a blow to US efforts to strengthen its Asian alliance network. South Korea will suspend its plans to pull out of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) and temporarily withdraw a complaint it made against ...

Bloomberg Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari ruled out the possibility of changing the constitution to seek a third term in office, Punch newspaper reported. The head of state, 76, was re-elected in March for a second four year mandate, the last he is permitted under the west African country’s constitution. Speculation is already turning to who the ruling All Progressives Congress ...

Bloomberg Millions of Hong Kong residents will vote on Sunday in local elections, marking their first chance to weigh in at the polls after five months of increasingly violent protests calling for greater democracy in the former British colony. Ahead of the District Council election, Hong Kong officials warned the vote could be postponed after some candidates came under attack ...