Bloomberg The UK charged two Russian nationals over the attempted murder of a former spy and the use of a Novichok nerve agent on British soil, a move that will further sour ties with the Kremlin. Police named Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as the aliases of the two key suspects in the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter ...

Bloomberg Syrian troops are readying an offensive against the last remaining opposition bastion, an assault that could draw in the US, displace hundreds of thousands of civilians and cement President Bashar al-Assad’s hold over the country if his forces prevail. The attack on the northwest province of Idlib is expected soon, weeks after government troops—whose march from possible defeat to ...

Bloomberg South Korean envoys met with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, as they sought to revive nuclear talks that have stalled since US President Donald Trump’s summit with the North Korean leader. A five-member delegation sent by South Korean President Moon Jae-in were expected to return to Seoul late on Wednesday and brief the media on the talks on Thursday, his ...