ANKARA: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday urged all parties in the Middle East to de-escalate military tensions. In a joint news conference with Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib in Beirut, Borrell regretted that this country was negatively affected by the conflicts in the region, including Syria

ANKARA: Australia on Thursday stripped its military officers of distinguished service medals over war crimes in Afghanistan, local media reported. Announcing the decision in parliament, Defense Minister Richard Marles said he stripped a number of current and former defense officers of medals over alleged war crimes that happened under their

ANKARA: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell cancelled his planned visit to Israel, according to Israeli media on Thursday. Borrell is currently on a regional tour that took him to Egypt and Lebanon for talks on current regional tensions over Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip. But the