Politics

Bloomberg Donald Trump clearly enjoyed watching the French tanks and planes go by at last week’s Bastille Day parade alongside Emmanuel Macron, but it’s France’s ability to wield influence off the battlefield that helps it surpass the US, according to a ranking of international clout. Since their respective elections, France’s international engagement and Macron’s popularity have helped France jump to ...

Bloomberg A week of plotting against Theresa May was capped by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn taunting the British prime minister over the splits in her cabinet in their final encounter before Parliament goes on a summer break. The recess will come as a relief for May after she lost her majority in a botched election gamble that has left the ...

Bloomberg Iran will respond to any new US sanctions that violate the terms of the nuclear deal with countersteps, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, If the US wants “to implement sanctions under any pretext or excuse, the Iranian nation will respond accordingly,” he said in comments broadcast on state television. “When it comes to congressional legislation, our parliament will ...

Bloomberg The US Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump on his embattled travel ban on Wednesday, rejecting his bid to bar entry by some people with family members already in the country. The 6-3 order by the justices—who last month let the president start restricting entry by people from six mostly Muslim countries—means the government must accept ...

Bloomberg About two-thirds of Kenyans say they’re worse off economically, expressing concerns that should “worry” President Uhuru Kenyatta as he seeks re-election in a vote in three weeks, pollsters Ipsos and US-based John Zogby said. Almost half of the population cite the cost of living and hunger as the most serious problems they grapple with daily, followed by unemployment, Nairobi-based ...

Bloomberg Germany’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador to demand the immediate release of a German human-rights activist, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman calling the detention a “serious and sad” turn for German-Turkish relations. Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel returned from a vacation to Berlin to respond to the “dramatic escalation” in the actions of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, ...

Bloomberg Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faced growing pressure to cancel plans to rewrite the constitution on Monday with an emboldened opposition calling for a 24-hour strike this week and US President Donald Trump warning of “strong and swift economic actions.” A day after 7.5 million Venezuelans participated in an unofficial referendum to reject the constituent assembly and to call for ...

Bloomberg Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try his hand at mediating the Gulf crisis with visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, even as his country entrenches its military presence on Qatari soil. “Qatar’s sovereign rights must be protected,” Defense Minister Fikri Isik said on Monday ahead of Erdogan’s July 23-24 visit. “On the other hand, we are saying ...

Bloomberg Brexit negotiators will get down to the technical details of the divorce on Tuesday, tackling issues from nuclear cooperation to residency rights, as Prime Minister Theresa May seeks to silence public sparring among her ministers. UK Brexit Secretary David Davis and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier are leaving their teams to hash out the details and Davis is back ...

Bloomberg Iran’s foreign minister said his nation’s vow not to seek nuclear weapons “never expires,” even as the Trump administration accused the Islamic Republic of violating the “ spirit” of a 2015 accord easing sanctions. “Iran is committed to not producing nuclear weapons,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. ...