Any delimitation of the Mediterranean between Egypt and Greece will not be acceptable if it affects Turkey’s national interests, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said. Davutoğlu’s remarks were published on Dec. 7 in the Greek newspaper To Vima, in an interview given at the end of the third High-Level Cooperation …

Ukrainian forces on Tuesday suspended operations against independence-seeking insurgents in the country’s eastern regions, the government said. A ceasefire initiated by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko was established within the “day of silence” framework in the combat area, the press service of the government’s military operation said in a statement.

Chuck Hagel is the first American defense secretary to visit Iraq since the US officially ended its long war three years ago. And his message to Iraqi leaders was plain- US military power didn’t solve Iraq’s problems last time, nor will it now.