Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Donald Trump for the second time in four days, this time to thank the US president for Central Intelligence Agency information that lead to the breakup of a suspected IS cell. The information helped disrupt a group that had been planning to blow up Kazan Cathedral and other locations around St. Petersburg, according ...

NEW DELHI / Reuters A dozen Arab ambassadors have asked India to clarify its position on the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, diplomatic sources said, after New Delhi’s muted response suggested a shift in support for the Palestinian cause. US President Donald Trump abruptly reversed decades of US policy this month when he recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, ...

Bloomberg Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is seeking to use victory in a weekend special election to kick-start his ailing government and draw a line under a difficult 2017. His ruling Liberal-National coalition reclaimed its one-seat parliamentary majority, lost during this year’s dual-nationality fiasco, after John Alexander won the Sydney-based seat of Bennelong. While the victory is a relief for ...