Turkey protests: Erdogan in 'final' warning
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has issued a "final warning" to protesters to leave Gezi Park in central Istanbul.
Syria death toll at least 93,000
At least 93,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the conflict, according to latest United Nations figures.
Turkey protests: Uneasy calm in Istanbul's Taksim Square
There is an uneasy calm in central Istanbul after a night of clashes which saw Turkish riot police disperse anti-government demonstrators.
US nuclear bombs 'based in Netherlands'
Some 22 US nuclear weapons are stored on Dutch territory, says former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers.
U.N. says it can't accept Russia's offer of Golan troops
The United Nations said on Friday it could not accept Russia's offer to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights because an agreement between Israel and Syria bars permanent members of the Security Council from the U.N. observer mission.
U.N. says it can't accept Russia's offer of Golan troops
The United Nations said on Friday it could not accept Russia's offer to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights because an agreement between Israel and Syria bars permanent members of the Security Council from the U.N. observer mission.
Russia can replace Austria in U.N. Golan monitoring force
Russia is ready to replace peacekeepers from Austria in the Golan Heights, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, after Vienna said it would recall its troops from a U.N. monitoring force due to worsening fighting in Syria.
NATO faults Russia over South Ossetia fence, also chides Georgia
NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday it was unacceptable for Russian forces to put up a fence on the border of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, believing it could further inflame tensions in the region.
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