Bloomberg India said Pakistani forces violated a cease-fire agreement along the Line of Control in Kashmir, and accused its neighbour of failing to take credible action against terror groups. There was shelling with mortars and the firing of small arms by Pakistan in the early hours of Sunday, and India “retaliated befittingly,” according to an Indian defense official. The Indian ...

Bloomberg Algeria’s people and the army share the same vision for the country’s future, the military chief of staff said on Sunday, in an apparent overture to thousands protesting the re-election bid of the country’s aging president.The military and the people “are partners in one destiny,” General Ahmed Gaid Salah said in his first comments since the biggest protests yet ...

Bloomberg India will hold elections from April to May to decide whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins a second term as leader of the world’s largest democracy. Around 900 million voters — 84 million more than in 2014 — will elect 543 lawmakers to the lower house of parliament, the chief election commissioner Sunil Arora said. Voting will run in ...