A key meeting between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington has started.

European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule has urged Montenegro to adopt constitutional changes to increase judicial independence and to tackle its numerous political challenges.

France on Thursday praised as “a success” the outcome of the international donor conference for Mali held Wednesday in Brussels where participants pledged Euros 3.2 billion (USD 4.1 billion) for the reconstruction and development needs of that country.