Alexei Navalny death is a pre-election gambit from Putin: Bill Browder

Anti-Kremlin activist Bill Browder said he believes Alexei Navalny’s death was intended as a message to political opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of elections next month. Dissident Navalny, who died Friday, had been serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges of extremism in Russia, which he vehemently denied. World leaders reacted with dismay and … Read more

Pakistani police use tear gas to disperse pre-election rally by supporters of former leader Khan

KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistani police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the southern city of Karachi on Sunday, less than two weeks before a national parliamentary election that Khan was blocked from running in because of a criminal conviction. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw between … Read more