BLOOMBERG Turkey’s biggest non-aligned political party said it won’t field its own candidate in May’s presidential elections, in a boost to the main opposition coalition’s chances of unseating Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and five allied left-wing groups will campaign against Erdogan’s “one-man rule,” Co-Chair Pervin Buldan said. While she didn’t explicitly endorse main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, …

BLOOMBERG South Korea plans to hold its “largest-ever” live-fire drills with the US in a move certain to anger North Korea, which has ramped up its provocations to new levels in response to recent military exercises. The joint drills, which will involve mobilising high-tech military equipment, are planned for June as part of a program to mark the 70th anniversary …

BLOOMBERG Ethiopian lawmakers agreed to remove the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) designation as a terrorist group, following a ceasefire signed four months ago to end a two-year civil war. The parliament approved the resolution on the basis of the November 2, 2022 peace agreement, state-controlled Fana Broadcasting Corp has reported. The TPLF and the Oromo Liberation Army were declared terrorist …