Bloomberg Donald Trump clearly enjoyed watching the French tanks and planes go by at last week’s Bastille Day parade alongside Emmanuel Macron, but it’s France’s ability to wield influence off the battlefield that helps it surpass the US, according to a ranking of international clout. Since their respective elections, France’s international engagement and Macron’s popularity have helped France jump to …

Bloomberg A week of plotting against Theresa May was capped by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn taunting the British prime minister over the splits in her cabinet in their final encounter before Parliament goes on a summer break. The recess will come as a relief for May after she lost her majority in a botched election gamble that has left the …

Bloomberg Iran will respond to any new US sanctions that violate the terms of the nuclear deal with countersteps, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, If the US wants “to implement sanctions under any pretext or excuse, the Iranian nation will respond accordingly,” he said in comments broadcast on state television. “When it comes to congressional legislation, our parliament will …