Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan started a protest march to the nation’s capital Islamabad in the latest attempt to press the government to call for early elections, while hitting back at the military’s spy chief. Khan launched the protest that he calls a march for “real freedom” standing on top of a makeshift caravan in a convoy of vehicles ...

President Vladimir Putin lashed out at the US and Europe over his war in Ukraine, heaped praise on Saudi Arabia and reiterated support for China’s claim to Taiwan as he sought to cast Russia as a champion of conservative values against Western liberalism. He accused the US and its allies of seeking global domination by pouring weapons into Ukraine to ...

Nigeria’s central bank will replace high-value currency notes starting December 15 in a bid to mop up excess cash, rein in inflation and target rising insecurity in Africa’s largest economy. The country’s banking regulator plans to issue redesigned 200, 500 and 1,000 naira notes, central bank Governor Godwin Emefiele said at a briefing in Abuja, the capital. The old notes ...