Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron said Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s vision for the future is to dismantle Europe, and that the giant eastern neighbour doesn’t share the same human rights values as the Old Continent. “I do respect Vladimir Putin and I am one of the leaders who says we need to construct a new security and defense architecture with ...

Bloomberg Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a group of Israeli lawmakers and activists that President Donald Trump’s negotiating team had asked whether he would agree to a confederation with neighboring Jordan. Peace Now’s executive director Shaqued Morag, who attended the meeting, said Abbas told the US that he would agree to a trilateral confederation that includes Israel. Decades ago, ...

Bloomberg Eritrea says it will cut the size of its army as part of changes to a system of mandatory national service that the United Nations blames for propelling tens of thousands of people to flee to Europe and neighbouring countries. The official end to a two-decade war with neighbouring Ethiopia means the country that sits on a key shipping ...