Bloomberg Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lined up behind Qatar in its feud with Saudi Arabia and regional allies, offering to mediate a resolution of a crisis that has thrown one of the world’s most strategically important regions into turmoil. Categorization of Qatar as a terrorist state won’t help alleviate the problems facing the region which is in need of …

Bloomberg IS claimed its first attack on Iran, as suicide bombers and gunmen struck at the heart of the country’s political and religious establishment on Wednesday. Assailants entered the parliament building in Tehran and the shrine of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to the south of the city. At least two people were killed in the legislature, Tasnim …

Bloomberg South Korea’s new president is suspending the installation of remaining components of a controversial US missile shield pending an environmental impact assessment, Yonhap News reported, leaving the system incomplete while North Korea steps up its missile development. “We are not saying the two launchers and other equipment that has already been deployed should be withdrawn,” a senior official at …