Egypt “strongly condemns the terrorist bombing that targeted the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli,” the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday after a car bomb exploded outside the embassy. A bomb was also discovered in front of the United Arab Emirates’ embassy, a Libyan official said.

Turkey could scrap a controversial plan to buy missile defense systems from China, which alarmed the U.S. and its Western allies, Turkish and European sources said Wednesday. Key NATO member Turkey said in September 2013 that it was entering negotiations with the China Precision Machinery Export-Import Corporation (CPMIEC) to acquire …

US Vice President Joe Biden spoke Monday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the situation in eastern Ukraine, the formation of a new government, and Ukraineآ’s commitment to reforms. “Poroshenko informed the Vice President about Russiaآ’s blatant escalation of the situation in eastern Ukraine, including increased shelling of Ukrainian government …