Asia's technology stocks rebounded on Wednesday after global equities posted steep losses in the previous session.

Russian-installed authorities in Crimea have halted fuel distribution in vacation season as Ukraine isolates the peninsula.

Amid a global scale-back on climate action, the U.K. over the past two years was stepping up its ambition. But with Prime Minister Keir Starmer announcing his resignation earlier this week, the future of the country’s climate goals could be in question.

The European Union and the Taliban met in Brussels on Tuesday to negotiate the return of Afghan refugees to the country. Officials from the European Commission and 15 member states met discreetly with the regime,

The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union was partly about sovereignty, but the country doesn’t feel freer. Pre-Brexit malaise appears to linger.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, seeking to ease tensions over the Iran war ​and U.S. threats to draw down troops in Europe ahead of a pivotal NATO leaders summit in July in Ankara.

The U.S. and Iran were in dispute Tuesday over whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites. As officials negotiated over how to permanently end the war in Iran, a separate plan emerged to break the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's Foreign Ministry said there was no plan for the IAEA to inspect its damaged nuclear facilities, a day after Vice President JD Vance said conversations with inspectors could happen imminently.