German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on Russia and Ukraine to set in motion the next phase of the shaky Minsk peace accords aimed at stopping the fighting in east Ukraine, ahead of talks about their implementation in Berlin on Monday.

The United Nations on Saturday condemned a fresh outbreak of violence in Libya, just as rival factions prepare to resume talks on forming a government to halt the country’s conflict. Pro-government forces clashed Friday and Saturday with fighters from the Islamist-backed Fajr Libya militia alliance in Aziziya, a town 35km …

Saudi-led air strikes hit a rebel base in central Yemen on April 12 and clashes raged in southern city Aden as France’s top diplomat voiced Western support for the air campaign in Riyadh. In the third week of strikes mounted by Saudi Arabia and its allies, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Pariswas …