Bloomberg International investigators will head on Wednesday to the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria that provoked a US-led missile strike. A United Nations security team will inspect the route to Douma, a suburb of the capital, Damascus, before the fact-finding mission from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OCPW) goes there, Tass reported, citing ...

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron gave an unabashed defense of the EU in its political heart, urging the bloc to reject nationalism, deepen integration and promote free trade in the face of US protectionism. In his first appearance at the European Parliament since being elected France’s head of state last year, Macron said divisions in the 28-nation EU evoke a ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she plans to meet with President Vladimir Putin in the “foreseeable future” after military strikes in Syria widened a rift between Russia and the west. Merkel made the proposal after speaking by phone with Putin earlier on Tuesday, when they discussed Syria as well as the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia ...