Updated: EU, Turkey seek better relations at emergency refugee summit
Sunday, 29 November 2015, 18:04
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
European Union leaders eager for Turkey's help in the migrant crisis cautioned against promising too much to their often reluctant partner at a summit in Brussels Sunday, even as Turkey's prime...
Putin orders sanctions against Turkey after downing of warplane
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 20:32
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for sanctions against Turkey, following the downing this week by Turkey of a Russian warplane. The decree published on the Kremlin's website...
Hollande, activists gear up for critical climate talks in Paris
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 13:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
French President Francois Hollande was meeting with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for global warming. Officials announced that...
European Union turns to Turkey to help manage its migration woes
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 09:22
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Five years ago, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi warned that millions of Africans wanted to come to the European Union and offered to make the continent's immigration problem disappear in exchange for...
France honours attack victims in city subdued by mourning
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 09:12
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honoring each of the 130 dead by name as the president pledged to "destroy the...
Russia suspends visa-free travel with Turkey as spat escalates
Saturday, 28 November 2015, 09:05
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Russia announced Friday that it will suspend visa-free travel with Turkey amid the escalating spat over the downing of a Russian warplane by a Turkish fighter jet at the Syrian border. Russian...