More than 23,000 refugees fleeing fighting in northern Syria have crossed into Turkey, the United Nations refugee agency said on June 16, quoting Turkish authorities. Syrian Kurdish-led forces said they had captured a town at the Turkish border from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on June 15, …

Heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatists has left at least 20 people dead or injured, including civilians. A senior officer of the government forces said the fighting on Friday and Saturday near Donetsk, a major city in eastern Ukraine, killed 6 soldiers and injured 14.

French President Francois Hollande will pay Monday a friendship and working visit to Algeria at the invitation of President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the presidency of the Republic said Sunday in a statement. “At the invitation of His Excellency President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika, His Excellency Francois Hollande, …