There is nothing that would stop France from delivering two Mistral helicopter carrier ships to Russia, French President Francois Hollande said Wednesday, Aug 20. “Today’s level of sanctions will not hamper deliveries … Should there be new tensions and it is difficult to find a way out, we will have …

Germany is prepared to arm Kurdish fighters battling Sunni insurgents in northern Iraq, officials said Wednesday, Aug 20, according to the Associated Press. Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier cited the “barbaric” actions of the Islamic State group that has taken control of large parts of Iraq in recent weeks, and the …

Thousands of supporters of two opposition parties, demanding resignation of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday besieged the country’s parliament as its session is in process. The protesters who entered a high security area “Red Zone” in Islamabad late Tuesday night blocked the two main gates of the parliament …