Bloomberg After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran had misled the world over its atomic programme, he might have expected a swift reaction from UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Britain is, after all, one of the six signatories to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. But it was not until 19 hours after Netanyahu’s presentation that Johnson — among ...

Bloomberg The UK is proposing a new plan to kick-start stalled Brexit talks and make progress on the vexed issue of the Irish border as negotiations resume in Brussels this week. Brexit Secretary David Davis said he wanted to “move quickly” when talks restart on Wednesday in order to reach a solution to avoid a hard land border with Ireland ...

Bloomberg The Dominican Republic established diplomatic relations with China, in a new blow to Taiwan as Beijing seeks to isolate the self-governed island. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi signed the joint communique with his Dominican counterpart to establish ties at ambassadorial level in Beijing on Tuesday, China’s Central Television said in a Weibo post. Taiwan cut its relations with the ...