Britain’s parliament backed a motion on Thursday, July 11 requiring Prime Minister David Cameron to give it a veto over any future move to arm Syrian rebels, in a symbolic vote the government said it would heed.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with his Moldovan counterpart Nicolae Timofti ahead of the European People’s Party-organized Eastern Partnership summit.

The governor of the flashpoint Malian town of Kidal returned to his job on Thursday after more than a yearlong absence, ahead of crucial nationwide elections later this month. Adama Kamissoko’s reinstatement comes at a time of violent protests in the northeastern rebel stronghold.