Moroccos government said on Monday it would end economic cooperation with the European Union if the bloc does not honour a farming deal, weeks after an EU court ruled that trade accords do not apply to the disputed Western Sahara region.
Experts from Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United Nations held a technical meeting in the Kazakh capital on Monday to discuss the implementation of the Syrian ceasefire agreement, Kazakhstans Foreign Ministry said.
Syrian government forces have advanced towards so-called Islamic States last major stronghold in Aleppo province, cutting off the main supply route into al-Bab, a monitoring group reports.
Rex Tillerson’s confirmation as US Secretary of State must come as comforting news for Moscow. It augurs well for the Russian-American relationship. It leads to ‘de-escalation’ in the tensions, of which incipient signs appear already.
Revenues and recruits are on the decline according to a report to the Security Council published as President Trump signals his intent to defeat the militant group
The military situation remains tense in the region of Donbass in eastern Ukraine. Artillery strikes were reported east of Maripol, north and west of Donetsk, and northwest of Debaltsevo.
European Union leaders meeting in Malta have agreed on a plan to reduce the flow of migrants from Libya. Libyas UN-backed government will receive ˆ200m ($215m, £171m), including funding to reinforce its coastguard.
US President Donald Trump is expected to take his first steps to scale back financial services regulations on Friday. He is due to sign an executive order to review the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations, which some people on Wall Street say are overly-restrictive.
BERLIN: The inner circle of U.S. President Donald Trump has little knowledge about the European Union and Germany is having to explain how the worlds biggest trading bloc does business, the German governments transatlantic coordinator said on Thursday.
Forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, head of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), have been fighting Islamists and other opponents in Benghazi since 2014. They have secured most of the city, but have suffered heavy casualties as they try to gain control of a final few areas.
