Bloomberg President Donald Trump said it may be “very, very unfortunate” for the world if US sanctions fail to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, as he imposed the largest US penalties package yet against the rogue regime. “Phase 2 might be a very rough thing,” if the sanctions don’t succeed, Trump added at a joint press conference with Australian ...

WASHINGTON / Reuters The United States said it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that reverses decades of US policy and is bound to trouble US allies who have already objected. US President Donald Trump announced last December that the United States recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, infuriating even Washington’s Arab ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel came to Brussels armed with a fresh demand that eastern European Union countries accept refugees and ended up sparking criticism from western allies in the bloc. At her first EU summit since striking a German coalition agreement, Merkel touted the idea of tying generous European regional-development aid for nations such as Poland to their willingness ...