Politics

Bloomberg Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Bogota and was expectd to the World Economic Forum in Davos, as he rallies international backing for his campaign to oust president Nicolas Maduro. In Colombia, Guaido also received the renewed support of President Ivan Duque during a meeting at the presidential palace. They visited ...

Bloomberg Iran will withdraw from a major non-proliferation treaty (NPT) if European nations attempt to refer the Islamic Republic to the UN Security Council over its infringements of the 2015 nuclear deal, the country’s foreign minister said. The UK, France and Germany said last week they would trigger the accord’s dispute resolution mechanism, which could eventually mean the matter being ...

Bloomberg The Taliban’s offer to reduce violence for several days ahead of fresh talks with the US would not bring the war-torn nation any closer to peace when the majority of the country remained excluded from the negotiations, a senior Afghan official said. “The plan for violence reduction or anything of its kind is a vague proposal” that can deceive ...

Bloomberg South Korea is considering different ways to allow its people to travel to North Korea despite a US warning to proceed with caution in visiting a country under extensive international sanctions. The Unification Ministry said on Monday the government is looking at measures that include allowing South Koreans to go to North Korea directly through previously established land crossings ...

Bloomberg Malaysia’s ruling coalition may fail to hold on to power if it doesn’t stop the infighting that has eroded public support, PM Mahathir Mohamad said. His administration “could be” a one-term government unless it changes, adding he isn’t “too confident” in the next generation of leadership. He spoke at a meeting with reporters in Malaysia’s northern city of Langkawi ...

Bloomberg Thailand’s second-biggest opposition party faces possible dissolution on Tuesday in a court case that could spur more pro-democracy protests against a military-backed government. The Constitutional Court will rule on a petition that the Future Forward party and its leaders want to overthrow the monarchy, which sits at the summit of power in Thailand. One of the claims is that ...

Bloomberg North Korea named a former army officer who led military and high-level talks between the two Koreas as its top diplomat, Yonhap News reported, in a move that could change the course of stalled nuclear negotiations between Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. Foreign envoys in Pyongyang were notified late last week that Ri Son Gwon replaced Ri ...

Bloomberg Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will relinquish their HRH titles and pay back public money spent on renovating their home near Windsor Castle, in an agreement that lets them build a life away from intense scrutiny as members of Britain’s royal family. “Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family,” Queen Elizabeth II said ...

Bloomberg The top Russia expert on President Donald Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) has left his post after about three months, according to three people familiar with the matter. Andrew Peek, the NSC’s senior director for European and Russian affairs, was escorted from the White House grounds, two of the people said, asking not to be identified because they weren’t ...

Bloomberg Two Hong Kong police officers were beaten at a rally in the city centre that was dispersed as it descended into confusion and violent clashes. The officers, from the Police Community Liaison Office, both suffered head wounds after being attacked with wooden sticks and other weapons near the gathering in Chater Garden in the Central business district. The meeting ...