Bloomberg A newly formed Zimbabwean opposition party won the bulk of seats in the country’s first vote held since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, signalling it will be a force to be reckoned with in next year’s general elections. The Citizens Coalition for Change won 19 of 28 parliamentary seats and 75 of the 120 council seats. Led ...

  Bloomberg North Korea looks set to detonate its first nuclear bomb in more than four years, as the US’s sanctions, disputes with Russia and China make further United Nations penalties against the country unlikely. Workers have been observed digging a new passageway at the Punggye-ri site where North Korea conducted all six of its previous nuclear tests, South Korean ...

  Bloomberg While Russia is embroiled in its invasion of Ukraine, surging tensions elsewhere in the Kremlin’s backyard are threatening to reignite conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The two Caucasus nations fought a 44-day war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh that killed thousands in late 2020 until Russian President Vladimir Putin brokered a ceasefire deal. That agreement involved Russia ...