Shootouts between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad died down in Tripoli, northern Lebanon on Friday after heavy fighting in the past 24 hours, three deaths.

Ukraine would respond with military action if Russia is attempting to annex the eastern regions mainly Russian-speaking country, the interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday. “I want to officially warn Russia: we firmly respond, including through military means, against any attempt to seize the Ukraine, to cross borders, or …

Turkey has yet to take a decision to meet the demand for the EU to contribute to the mission to deploy troops in Central African Republic, but plans to send an officer of the army group and a plane.