French Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation on Tuesday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron’s party. Goulard, who was previously a member of the European Parliament, said she could not remain in the government while there was ...
Moscow has appointed a new ambassador to Ankara, six months after the killing of Russia’s previous envoy Andrei Karlov. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday, appointing Alexei Yerkhov as Moscow’s new ambassador to Turkey. “Alexei Yerkhov shall be appointed Russia’s new ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the ...