Politics

Bloomberg Russia warned angrily it may respond to “hostile” actions by Israel after one of its military reconnaissance planes was downed mistakenly by Syrian forces fighting off an attack by Israeli warplanes. The spike in tensions came a day after Russia called off a campaign against the last major opposition-held area in Syria, preventing for now an escalation in the ...

Bloomberg Arab countries will step in to help the UN agency serving Palestinian refugees after the US’s decision to cut off funding, Egypt’s foreign minister said, as President Donald Trump’s allies seek to contain the fallout of his attempt to re-write the rules that have underpinned decades of peace talks. The Trump administration said last month it would not make ...

Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greeted South Korean President Moon Jae-in in an elaborate welcoming ceremony as he arrived at Pyongyang airport on Tuesday for a landmark visit to salvage stalled nuclear talks between the regime and the US. Thousands of North Korean men and women waved flowers and flags as Kim and Moon shared smiles and handshakes on ...

Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe downplayed the significance of military drills involving a submarine in the South China Sea, saying relations with China are on the right track. Japan held a submarine exercise in the South China Sea, which also involved five aircraft and three destroyers, on September 13, according to a statement from Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force. Kyodo ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US is looking “very seriously” at establishing a permanent military base in Poland. Trump said at an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday with Polish President Andrzej Duda that the two would discuss the possibility and “we’re looking at it very seriously.” “Poland is willing to make a very major contribution to the United States ...

Bloomberg Companies, regulators and environmental groups are waiting for record floods to recede so they can make a comprehensive assessment of damage from Hurricane Florence. Water levels, however, are headed in the wrong direction. Rivers throughout North and South Carolina are days from cresting as the deadly storm moves northeast, according to the National Weather Service. North Carolina will be ...

Bloomberg The US envoy to the United Nations accused Russia of “actively working to undermine” international sanctions against North Korea as pressure rises on the Trump administration three months after the president met Kim Jong-un in Singapore. “Why after voting for sanctions 11 different times is Russia backing away from them? We know the answer. Its because Russia has been ...

Bloomberg Fernando Haddad, leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s chosen successor, would face front-runner Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff vote for Brazil’s presidency, according to opinion poll published on Monday. Bolsonaro would get 28.2 percent of first-round votes, followed by Haddad with 17.6 percent, according to an MDA survey published by the National Transportation Confederation. The poll showed ...

Bloomberg The woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of an assault while both were in high school is willing to testify to Congress after prospects for a swift confirmation were put in doubt amid calls from key GOP senators for an investigation. The White House reiterated its support for Kavanaugh, who “categorically and unequivocally” denied the accusations. ...

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia brokered a new peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea aimed at stabilising the Horn of Africa region, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed the so-called Jeddah Peace Accord on Sunday in the presence of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. It’s the second ...