Bloomberg Russia said one of its warships intercepted a US destroyer in the Sea of Japan that was encroaching on its territorial waters, claiming the vessels came within 60 metres (200 feet) of each other during the confrontation. The US Pacific Fleet rejected Russia’s characterisation of the incident hours later. The Russian Defense Ministry posted a video of the Admiral ...

Bloomberg The US will likely reinstate a Trump-era policy by mid-November requiring asylum seekers who cross the southern border to return to Mexico, the Biden administration told a federal judge. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made “substantial progress” towards restarting the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which force asylum seekers from Central and South America to wait in Mexico ...

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron is leading in the run-up to the first round of French presidential elections in April with 25% to 27% support and will likely face a far-right candidate in a decisive runoff vote, according to a poll by Ifop-Fiducial for Le Figaro newspaper. The survey of voting intentions published on Saturday shows National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen ...