Section: Africa&ME
Russia agrees to talks with Nato after Warsaw summit
PARIS: Moscow has agreed to a Russia-Nato council after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw next month, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday, as both sides seek to defuse military tensions exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis. Nato held its first formal meeting with Russia’s envoy to the alliance in almost two years in...
41 perish in Istanbul airport terror attack
Istanbul, Wednesday A triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s international airport left 41 people dead, 13 of them foreign nationals, and 239 wounded, the city governor said in a statement. The governor’s office said 109 of the 239 wounded were discharged from hospital. It said 13 of the dead were foreigners. A Turkish official,...
Russia agrees to talks with NATO after Warsaw summit: France
Moscow has agreed to a Russia-NATO council after the alliance’s summit in Warsaw next month, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Wednesday, as both sides seek to defuse military tensions exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
Poland reiterates NATO should uphold open-door policy
NATO should keep its door open to countries of strategic importance, such as Ukraine, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine city names street for Lubavitcher Rebbe
Dnepropetrovsk, in eastern Ukraine, names street after Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who fled the city during rule of communism, …read more Source: Arutz...
Istanbul airport reopens as death toll from string of suicide bombings rises to 41
ISTANBUL // Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded scores at Istanbul’s busy Ataturk Airport, in an attack the government blamed on ISIL extremists.Turkey on Wednesday declared a day of national morning a day after three suicide bombers arrived in a taxi and began spraying bullets at the international...
Istanbul airport attack ‘a jigsaw puzzle’
Investigators are going through CCTV footage and witness statements after the attack at Istanbul’s main airport in which 41 were killed [VIDEOS]. ||| Istanbul – Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in...
Islamic State prime suspect after suicide bombers kill 36 at Istanbul airport
Turkish investigators pored over video footage and witness statements on Wednesday after three suspected Islamic State suicide bombers opened fire and blew themselves up in Istanbul’s main airport, killing 36 people and wounding almost 150. The attack on Europe’s third-busiest airport was one of the deadliest in a series of suicide...
Ukrainian, Iranian among 36 people killed in Istanbul airport attack: Officials
One Ukrainian and one Iranian citizen were among 36 people killed by three suicide bombers in an attack at Istanbul’s Atatürk airport on June 28 night blamed on ISIL militants, officials from the two countries said on June 29 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Italy, Netherlands offer to share UN council seat
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (L) speaks with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni after voting for the five non-permanent members of the Security Council at the United Nations/AFPUNITED NATIONS, United States, Jun 29 – Italy and the Netherlands agreed Tuesday to split their term on the UN Security Council after a tie in voting forced...
