The pro-Western winners in July’s elections have promised the country a long list of changes – but actually implementing them will be far from easy. The crushing victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s July 11 early parliamentary elections over pro-Russian parties has brought the country potential benefits but also many …

Russia says it wants Britain and France to become part of wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States as Washington continues to seek China’s inclusion in the negotiations. Anatoly Antonov, Moscow’s envoy to the United States, said on July 29 that enlarging the framework of the arms control …

The Turkish contingent in Afghanistan will not assume any combat duty other than self-defense, Defense Ministry spokeswoman Pinar Kara said on Thursday. “The Turkish armed forces have been stationed in Afghanistan for 20 years, and for the past six years, they have been protecting and running the international airport in …