Bloomberg Britain’s top foreign and defense officials held talks with their Australian counterparts in Sydney on Friday, focusing on advancing a security pact involving nuclear-powered submarines and sharing notes on countering China’s growing clout. UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss and Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace met with Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne and Minister for ...

  Bloomberg North Korea may be looking at test firing its first intercontinental ballistic missile in more than four years as the strongest move it could soon make to ratchet up tensions with the US, a South Korean lawmaker said after a briefing by the country’s spy agency. “The most probable card for provocation that North Korea could play would ...

  Bloomberg US prosecutors charged four Belarus officials with airline piracy over the diversion of a Ryanair flight last year that resulted in the arrest of a dissident journalist. Ryanair 4978 was destined for Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 23 but was diverted to Minsk, the Belarusian capital, while in Belarus airspace. Belarusian authorities claimed the diversion was due to a ...