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Russia denies visas to teachers at Anglo-American school in Moscow

Bloomberg Russia’s Foreign Ministry has denied visas for 30 new teachers at a Moscow school run by the US, British and Canadian embassies, in the latest sign of continuing diplomatic tensions with the west. The ministry informed the US Embassy that it will not process visas for the teachers at the Anglo-American School of Moscow in a move that may ...

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Pakistan arrests Hafiz Saeed as Khan set to meet Trump

Bloomberg Pakistan arrested Hafiz Saeed, the suspected planner of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, on terrorism related charges days before Prime Minister Imran Khan meets US President Donald Trump. Saeed, who heads the proscribed Jamaat-ud-Dawa group, was shifted to jail by the counter-terrorism police in Lahore, group’s spokesman Nadeem Awan said on phone. Saeed, who has been arrested and released many ...

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Trump’s EU tariff deal comes down to a coin flip

Donald Trump has called the European Union a “foe” and has threatened to “tariff the hell” out of the 28-country bloc. So where should we put the chances of the US president agreeing a trade deal with Brussels before he has to face reelection next year? In a surprising burst of cheerful optimism, Germany’s economy minister Peter Altmaier places them ...

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