UN mediator in the Macedonia-Greece name row, Matthew Nimitz, will meet with the negotiators of the two countries – Zoran Jolevski and Adamandios Vasilakis.

China strongly supports Serbia in all state priorities including the preservation of the territorial integrity, Vuk Jeremic has said. Serbia’s former foreign minister, now UN General Assembly

A French force of 1,000 soldiers has begun a sweep of a valley thought to be a logistics base for Al Qaeda-linked Islamists near the Malian city of Gao. This operation is one of France’s largest actions since its intervention