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In recently declassified letters, a son of Osama bin Laden vowed to follow the "path of jihad" and avenge his father's death at the hands of the US military.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said that using one terrorist group to destroy another is unworthy of serious states, as he commented on the United States' decision to arm the People's Protection Units (YPG) in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Ramush Haradinaj says Serbia should "delete Kosovo from the Constitution." Otherwise, said the leader of the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo - Kosovo will "reciprocally add one third of the Serb land to its map."

On Saturday, the Finance Ministers of the G-7 countries, which are Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United States and U.K., are going to discuss how to make growth more inclusive, how to illicit money flows, and how to fight tax evasion, reported ABC News, according to Focus News Agency.

Russia’s air force scrambled to intercept a U.S. aircraft above the Black Sea, sending a fighter jet that came within 20 feet of its American counterpart.

It looks like all the odds are currently against Turkey in the Kurdish question. U.S. President Donald Trump just approved plans to directly arm the outlawed PKK-affiliated Kurdish fighters in Syria, YPG (the People's Protection Units), despite Ankara's long-lasting opposition.

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to directly give heavy weapons to the People's Protection Units (YPG) was not a snap decision. There are deep alliances and rooted interests behind it. It looks quite unlikely that this decision will change if Turkey simply warns against it. 

U.S. President Donald Trump recently signed a decree authorizing the direct providing of heavy arms to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the main component of which is the People's Protection Units (YPG), ahead of the campaign to take Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

Before departing for China on May 12, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan's messages were not focused on China but the United States.

That is where he is scheduled to fly to from China to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on May 16.
It has not been an easy meeting to arrange. 

Bulgaria opposes any change of borders within Southeast Europe and it supports the territorial integrity of the Republic of Macedonia, the foreign ministry states, quoted by BNR.