German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Wednesday elected by parliament to her fourth and likely final term at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. Lawmakers in Berlin’s glass-domed Reichstag voted 364-315 with nine abstentions for Merkel who was then to be formally appointed by President Frank-Walter Steinmeier before taking the oath ...
A Russian diplomat has said that the United States retains its presence in Afghanistan to exert influence on neighboring countries and regional rivals – namely, Russia, Iran and China. In an interview with Sputnik, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Director Zamir Kabulov accused US of destabilizing Central Asia and ...
