France’s Macron concerned by Syrian strikes in Idlib
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed concern on Tuesday over Syrian government strikes carried out in Idlib and he called for a U.N.-backed political resolution to the war.
Living in the ruins of Aleppo’s old frontline
When Hassan Ahmed al-Aoul looks from his balcony in the historic Syrian city of Aleppo, little meets his gaze but ruins – great mounds of rubble where his neighbors’ houses used to stand near an old frontline.
U.S. cited “international security issues” for cancellation of Pompeo’s Berlin visit: German source
The U.S. administration cited “international security issues” as the reason for U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit to Berlin being canceled, a German government source told Reuters.
U.S. regional unpopularity cause of safety not Iran: Zarif tweets
Unpopularity in the Middle East is the cause of U.S. safety concerns, not Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on Tuesday, after Washington said it was sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the region.
EU’s Juncker says “unacceptable” to link Tusk to Hitler and Stalin in Poland
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday it was “totally unacceptable” to link fellow top EU official, Donald Tusk, with tyrants Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, as has been done by Polish state TV.
EU should have spoken out against “lies” in Brexit vote: Juncker
The European Union was wrong to stay silent in 2016 during the campaign ahead of the British referendum on membership in the bloc because it should have corrected “lies” spread by the “Leave” side, the head of the European Commission said.
Denmark’s prime minister calls election for June 5
Denmark will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Tuesday, starting a campaign likely to focus on cracks in the Nordic country’s cherished welfare model.
Three suspects in U.N. experts’ killing escape jail in Congo
Three suspects in the killing of two U.N. investigators in Democratic Republic of Congo escaped from prison overnight, a defense lawyer in the case said on Tuesday.
Former Turkish PM to run again for AKP in Istanbul: Erdogan
Former Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will again be the ruling AK Party’s candidate in next month’s re-run of the Istanbul mayoral election, President Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on Tuesday.
Egypt upholds death sentence for 13 members of disbanded militant group
Egypt’s top appeals court on Tuesday upheld death sentences for 13 members of a disbanded militant group who were convicted of launching attacks on security forces, a judicial source and lawyer said.
