Bloomberg Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the Horn of Africa, attacked a US military base near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and detonated a car bomb targeting a European Union military convoy. “We are aware that the al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs at the US army base in Balidoogle area,” Abdirahman Muse Ali, a Somalia army officer, said by phone. ...

Bloomberg Politicians determined to stop Boris Johnson leaving the European Union without a deal are trying to work out how to force the prime minister from office. They have hit upon an arcane constitutional trick that relies on Queen Elizabeth II to fire him, according to a person familiar with the matter. A so-called Humble Address could be used to ...

Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed national unity and said relations between Hong Kong and the mainland would improve, even as pro-democracy protesters planned several rallies to coincide with anniversary of Communist rule. “Hong Kong and Macau will be able to develop together with the motherland’s interior,” Xi said in a brief speech to a banquet in Beijing ahead of ...