BLOOMBERG Pakistan is considering banning Imran Khan’s political party, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said in a televised address, deepening the already tense standoff between the former premier and the country’s government and powerful military. “Whatever happened on May 9 wasn’t spontaneous,” Asif said, talking about the violence that erupted when Khan was briefly arrested by the country’s graft agency and …

BLOOMBERG French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said no foreign power has ever tried to influence her as she sought to shake off accusations that her party’s ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban have influenced her policies. She also criticised previous governments in Paris for increasing the economic reliance on Russia, including through energy …

ABU DHABI / GULF TIME Bloom Holding, one of the UAE’s foremost real estate development companies, has announced the launch of ‘Casares’, the third phase of its fully integrated and all-inclusive community in Abu Dhabi, Bloom Living. The launch of Casares follows the remarkable success of the first phase, Cordoba, and the second phase, Toledo, which are on track to …