Bloomberg The Taliban have killed dozens of former Afghan officials, security forces and individuals who worked with international troops since the militant group took over the country in mid-August, the Associated Press reported, citing a United Nations report. Of the more than 100 killings identified by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a report obtained by the news agency, ...

  Bloomberg Hong Kong denied that criticism of the city’s strict policy to push for zero Covid-19 cases is illegal under a sweeping national security law that has silenced dissent in the former British colony. “Making general remarks and discussion is not illegal,” a government spokesman said in a statement Sunday, adding that the strategy was “the most effective way ...

  Bloomberg If North Korea’s test of its longest-range missile in five years wasn’t worrying enough, the state’s official media released images showing the Earth it said were taken in space from a rocket designed to deliver a nuclear warhead. Images of the weekend launch of its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile were splashed on the country’s biggest newspaper Monday. The ...