Russia on Monday launched large-scale military drills on Ukraine’s eastern border and around the Crimean peninsula. The defense ministry said 12,500 servicemen are taking part in the drills across its southern military region, which encompasses Russia’s North Caucasus and the annexed Crimea region. The Russian navy in the Black Sea ...
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she hoped Ankara would soon lift a ban on German lawmakers visiting a Turkish airbase that was imposed amid a row over the Armenian genocide. Turkey last month stopped German MPs from visiting their troops stationed at the Incirlik base in southern Turkey. After ...
