Bloomberg Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif named General Asim Munir as Pakistan’s next army chief, a choice that could harden former premier Imran Khan’s opposition to the government and stoke his high-stakes clash with the military. Khan, who as prime minister had removed Munir from the role of intelligence chief, would see the appointment as a possible obstacle to his attempt ...

  Bloomberg Estonia’s government is racing to identify facilities as bomb shelters amid growing fear of a possible attack from Russia. Authorities are sifting through public buildings, schools and shopping centers in search of spaces that could provide protection. Since June, dozens of colorful signs — blue triangles on an orange background — have popped up to mark public shelters. ...

  Bloomberg China’s mega banks, led by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., (ICBC) pledged financing support of at least 925 billion yuan ($129 billion) to property developers as part of a push to ease turmoil in the nation’s real estate market. ICBC, the world’s largest bank by assets, on Thursday said it would provide 655 billion yuan in ...