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 ...

Bloomberg South African farmers’ lobby group Agri SA slammed the ruling party’s plans to change the constitution to make it easier to expropriate land without compensation and accused the government of failing to implement existing policies to address racially skewed ownership patterns. Government data shows more than two-thirds of farmland is owned by whites, who constitute 7.8 percent of the ...