Caitlin Hayden

The EU has threatened to expand sanctions against Russia in a week unless it takes steps to alleviate tension in Ukraine.

The EU leaders have issued a joint statement demanding that Russia "immediately withdraw all its military assets and forces from Ukraine."

Jihadist militant group Islamic State (IS) has posted a video online Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of US journalist James Foley.

IS said the execution was carried out in retaliation for US air strikes against its fighters in Iraq.

Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by U.S. warplanes have retaken the country's largest dam from jihadists, Kurdish officials said, as the United States and Britain step up their military involvement.

Washington has urged Moscow to stop its "extremely dangerous and provocative" activities after Ukraine said it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that entered its territory.

Washington has urged Moscow to stop its "extremely dangerous and provocative" activities after Ukraine said it had destroyed part of a Russian military convoy that entered its territory.

U.S. President Barack Obama has called Turkey’s president-elect, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and "congratulated" him for his latest poll victory.

Obama called Erdoğan in the evening of Aug. 12 as a first in recent months. Erdoğan had earlier complained on a television programme that he couldn't speak to Obama "for a long time."

The United States is looking forward to working with Turkey’s president-elect, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during his five-year term, the White House said Aug. 10.
      

Germany took the dramatic step Thursday of asking the top U.S. intelligence official in Berlin to leave the country, following two suspected cases of American spying and the yearlong spat over eavesdropping by the National Security Agency.
     
The move reflects growing impatience in Germany at what is perceived as U.S. nonchalance about being caught spying on a close ally.