Bloomberg US President Donald Trump spoke separately with the leaders of India and Pakistan in a bid to calm tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours over a territorial dispute. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept Kashmir under lockdown for more than two weeks after scrapping the region’s autonomy, a move condemned by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Both nations claim ...

Bloomberg Russia said it will continue to observe its moratorium on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles after the US tested a cruise missile following a pullout from a Cold War-era treaty that barred testing and developing the weapons. Russia saw the US move coming and it won’t let itself be dragged into a costly arms race, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei ...

Bloomberg China has detained an employee of the UK consulate in Hong Kong during a trip to the mainland, according to his friend, in a case that threatens to further strain ties between Beijing and London. Simon Cheng, 28, was reported missing after failing to return from a meeting in the adjacent city of Shenzhen. The Hong Kong police said ...