Al Shabaab captures strategic town in Somalia’s Puntland
Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shabaab has captured a small but strategic town 100 km (60 miles) south of Bosaso city in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, a military officer, al Shabaab and residents said on Friday.
Syrian rebels, civilians start to evacuate Golan frontier: witness, monitor
The evacuation of Syrian rebels and civilians from the border area with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights began on Friday as buses started to depart the area, according to a witness and the war monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Europe must spend more wisely by consolidating weapons systems, Merkel says
Europe must work over coming years and decades to harmonize the many different weapons systems its armed forces deploy, both to use military budgets more efficiently and strengthen the continent’s military contractors, German Chancellor Angela Merkel s…
Russia summons Greek ambassador in Moscow amid diplomatic row
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it had summoned Greece’s ambassador in Moscow to register its protest over “anti-Russian” statements made by Athens amid a diplomatic row that has strained relations.
Syrian rebels set to evacuate Golan frontier
Syrian rebels are due to start evacuating the border area with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday, leaving for rebel-held areas of the north under a surrender deal that will restore President Bashar al-Assad’s control of the frontier.
Merkel welcomes Trump’s invitation to Putin to meet in U.S
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet in Washington this autumn.
Merkel vows to stay in job, work at ‘under pressure’ U.S. relationship
Chancellor Angela Merkel, vowing to stay in office despite challenges at home and abroad, said she would work on Germany’s “under pressure” relationship with the United States but that Washington could no longer be relied on to deliver world order.
Merkel: Glad Montenegro is part of NATO’s mutual defence umbrella
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that NATO’s mutual defense doctrine applied to all member states and added that she was pleased Montenegro was part of that.
Merkel says Europe can’t rely on U.S. to impose world order
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she was right to say a year ago that Europe could no longer rely on the United States to impose order on the world, and that it needed to take matters close to home into its own hands.
After migration row, Merkel says politicians should choose words carefully
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the row within her conservative party alliance on migration policy had been necessary but warned that politicians should take care to avoid being excessively confrontational.
