Letter from six members of Congress to Blinken on Turkey, Aegean and F-16
The creation of an oversight mechanism that will be able to ensure that Turkey will not use the new F-16 fighters to violate Greek sovereignty in the Aegean has been ...
Russian, Turkish ministers talk after Turkey sends Ukrainian commanders home
The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey spoke by telephone on Sunday, a day after Ankara angered Moscow by sending five Ukrainian commanders home with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in what ...
BBC suspends presenter over alleged teenager photos scandal
Britain’s BBC suspended a male member of staff on Sunday following an allegation that one of its star presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds to pose for sexually ...
US central command says it killed ISIS leader in Eastern Syria
The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday it conducted a drone strike on July 7 that killed an ISIS leader in Eastern Syria.
It used the same MQ-9 drones in ...
Boat sinking off Tunisia leaves one dead, at least 10 migrants missing
At least 10 Tunisian migrants were missing and one died after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Sunday.
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Zelenskiy and Poland’s Duda pay tribute to victims of WW2 massacre
The Ukrainian and Polish presidents marked the anniversary of massacres of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during World War Two on Sunday, killings that have been a source of tension between ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy brings home Azovstal commanders released to Turkey
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, returning home from a visit to Turkey, brought with him five commanders of Ukraine’s former garrison in Mariupol, forced to live in Turkey under the ...
Ukraine says it will limit use of cluster bombs, amid opposition to US move
Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed the US decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to de-occupy the Ukrainian territory but vowed that the munitions ...
Spain’s far-right party Vox would abolish law allowing abortion
Spain’s far-right party Vox proposed abolishing the current laws allowing abortion and euthanasia, according to its election manifesto published on Friday.
“We defend the right to life from conception ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits symbolic Snake Island to mark 500 days of war
The tiny island became a symbol of Ukrainian defiance on the war’s first day after Ukrainian guards famously refused to surrender to Russian forces.
Zelenskiy, wearing a black hoodie ...
Nato flexes muscle to protect Vilnius summit near Russia, Belarus
NATO has turned Vilnius into a fortress defended by advanced weaponry to protect US President Joe Biden and other alliance leaders meeting next week only 32 km (20 miles) from Lithuania’s ...
Paris protest against police violence banned after riots
Paris police banned a planned protest on Saturday against violence by the force, a week after France was rocked by riots sparked by the killing of a teenager in a ...
Turkey’s Erdogan to host Putin, hopes for Black Sea grain deal extension
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was pressing Russia to extend a Black Sea grain deal by at least three months and announced a visit by ...
Yellen urges China to support existing institutions to fight climate change
By Andrea Shalal
The United States and China, as the world’s two largest economies, must work together to combat the “existential threat” of climate change, U.S. Treasury Secretary ...
Two suspects arrested in Texas shooting at Fourth of July festival
Police on Friday arrested two men aged 19 and 20 on suspicion of murder in the shooting at a Texas street festival on the eve of the Fourth of July that killed ...
At least eight dead after apartment building crumbles in Brazil
– An apartment building collapsed in northeastern Brazil on Friday, leaving at least eight people dead and five missing, according to officials, as rescue workers scoured the rubble in a frantic ...
Airbus books record India orders, confirms higher deliveries
Record demand from India sharply increased Airbus (AIR.PA) orders in June to leave the European planemaker with 1,044 net orders in the first half of the year, data showed on ...
Japan protests to South Korea over military drills on disputed islands
Japan has lodged protests with South Korea over military drills by the latter on disputed islands, calling the move “extremely regrettable.”
Japan’s foreign ministry in a statement on Friday ...
Dutch government to resign over asylum policy -ANP
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will hand in the resignation of his cabinet after failing to agree on measures to curb immigration, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Friday.
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Shooter who killed 23 at Texas Walmart sentenced to 90 life terms -local media
A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart ...
St. John Coombes receives MBE for ‘outstanding service to the British community
St. John Coombes has received the honour of being made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s first Birthday Honours list.
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Christodoulides optimistic about upcoming Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will discuss the Cyprus issue with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the upcoming Nato summit despite it not being on the official agenda, ...
NATO makes membership pledge as Zelenskiy drums up support
The head of NATO said on Friday the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Kyiv closer to joining, while Ukraine’s president drummed ...
Deputy Lebanon central bank governors’ threat to collectively resign ‘dangerous’, deputy premier says
Deputy premier Saade Chami said on Friday that deputy governors of Lebanon’s central bank should run it if no governor is appointed by the end of the month, calling ...