The European Parliament Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the brutal human rights violations by ISIL and called for those responsible to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC.) It said that “egregious human rights abuses” of ISIL amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes that “could be called …

US President Barack Obama on Thursday spoke with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan by video conference, along with Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the White House announced. Obama “encouraged accelerated Afghan progress toward forming an inclusive national unity government and expressed his expectation that their visit to Washington later …

The strengthening of the “brotherly” relations between Tunisia and Algeria “requires regular and continuous consultations,” said Wednesday in Algiers Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche. In a statement to the press upon his arrival in Algiers for a two-day visit, the Tunisian minister said that “the strengthening of the brotherly relations …