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Israel offered Thursday to help moderate Arab nations threatened by a lightning offensive by Islamic militants in Iraq, as the country's top diplomat met with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
      

Greece's government named lawyer Katerina Savvaidou as the country's top tax official on Monday after her predecessor abruptly resigned under a cloud, causing concern among the country's international lenders.

By Margarita Pournara

French President François Hollande has demanded  from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to tighten measures to prevent French youth from joining jihadist fighters.

French President François Hollande has demanded  from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to tighten measures to prevent French youth from joining jihadist fighters, according to French sources.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to Austria, which sparked mass demonstrations in Vienna, has drawn more sharp words from Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who said the visit “clearly shows Erdoğan has brought his election campaign to Austria and has caused disorder.”

Romania said it expected the French authorities to uncover the perpetrators of a brutal attack on a young Roma of Romanian origin, which has left him clinging to life.

“This is an unspeakable incident. We expect the French authorities to identify and prosecute those responsible for this act,” Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta says that harsh punishment is required for acts like the June 13 attack against a young Romanian, brutally beaten by several person in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, north of Paris.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on June 17 engaged in war of words over the 80 Turkish citizen hostages taken by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq.

A day after marriage Novak travels to Rio

The Mondial football fever has got grip of the world's no. 2 tennis player. A day after the marriage, Novak shall travel to Brazil to attend the ceremony of crowning of the new world champion.

A lightning advance by jihadists across northern Iraq has rekindled concern on oil markets, but the IEA cautioned June 13 that supplies from leading exporter Iraq may not be at immediate risk.