The pound ticked up slightly in Asia on Wednesday after suffering heavy losses on worries about a possible no-deal Brexit, while regional equities were mixed ahead of crunch trade talks between China and the United States. MPs on Tuesday returned to Westminster to vote on a series of...

Kabul has blamed Pakistan for forwarding its agenda through the Taliban in the proposed peace talks as Washington rushes to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Details emerging from the Pakistan-sponsored round of talks in Qatar, Doha between U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban have...

Pyongyang has sought relief from UN sanctions to “boost trust” ahead of a scheduled second summit between U.S. president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Trump and Kim broke the years long impasse last year after holding a historic summit in Singapore with an aim to...

Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Tuesday barred opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido from leaving the country and ordered a freeze on his financial assets. Chief Justice Maikel Moreno said in a post on his Twitter account that the court was initiating a preliminary...