Turkey’s Erdogan renews war of words, blames Dutch peacekeepers for Srebrenica massacre

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday directed fresh verbal attacks at the Netherlands amid their growing diplomatic spat, holding the country responsible for Europe’s worst mass killing since World War II. In a televised speech, Erdogan referred to the massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, […]

U.N. council to vote Monday on monitoring Aleppo evacuation

The U.N. Security Council agreed on a draft resolution aimed at ensuring that U.N. officials can monitor evacuations from the Syrian city of Aleppo and will vote on the text on Monday, diplomats said after several hours of negotiations. The council had been scheduled to vote on Sunday on a French draft, but Russia, an […]

4 killed, 14 injured in anti-UN protest in Central African Republic

Four people were killed and 14 — including five UN peacekeepers — were injured in anti-UN violence Monday in the Central African Republic, according to a statement from the stabilization mission in the country. It was not clear how the four people died or how serious injuries were. Government forces and peacekeepers responded to unrest […]