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There are nearly 3,900 "imams" from the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen in the police, according to a chip recently confiscated by the police. 

A top aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted Wednesday that U.S. commandos in northern Syria could be targeted by Turkish rockets if they continue to work with Kurdish fighters along the border with Turkey.

Slovene centre-left MEP Tanja Fajon has added to the chorus of international voices urging Kosovo to get on with ratifying a controversial border deal with Montenegro.

As the European Union's foreign ministers met recently in a baroque palace in Malta, Finland's top diplomat quipped that despite the grandeur of their surroundings, they were all merely "doctors and welders," trying "to sew things up" in the world.

Foreign ministry of Russian Federation condemned the "aggressive statements" of Ramush Haradinaj addressed to Belgrade and to Serbian leadership.

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If the Korean Peninsula standoff evolved into an armed conflict, Japan would be the first to suffer from the fallout - both political and nuclear - North Korean state media said, warning Tokyo against any hostile actions.

Hague convict Radovan Karadzic has told the daily Vecernje Novosti that he had "a secret agreement" with Richard Holbrook, a former US envoy for the Balkans.

According to Karadzic, the deal was for him to withdraw from public life after the signing of the Dayton Agreement (in 1995), while Holbrook would in return "leave him alone."

The last support in the Middle East for the "Muslim Brotherhood" ended on May 2. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal personally declared the new policy document of his organization, announcing that it is not a "branch of the Muslim Brotherhood" anymore. He also declared that Hamas would form better relations with Egypt and other Muslim countries that have problems with the Muslim Brotherhood.

North Korea's nuclear testing and missile development program and U.S. opposition to it has recently turned into a credible threat not only to East Asia, but also to international security.

Saudi Aramco has become a 100-percent owner of Port Arthur, an oil refinery in Texas. Port Arthur has a capacity of 600,000 barrels per day, making it the biggest in North America.