At a time when Europe and other parts of the world are governed by forgettable mediocrities, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister for a decade now, seethes with ambition. Perhaps the only other leader of a major world nation who emanates such a dynamic force field around him is Russia’s Vladimir Putin, with whom the […]
Near real-time analysis of the April 1 earthquake in Iquique, Chile, showed that the 8.2 event occurred in a gap on the fault unruptured since 1877 and that the April event was not what the scientists had expected, according to an international team of geologists. “We assumed that the area of the 1877 earthquake would […]
CAIRO-The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting on Iraq, where Islamic extremists seized more northern territory Thursday. The United States is also working to sendhumanitarian assistance to the war zone, but senior officials say no American military action in Iraq is under consideration. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the latest fighting, […]
Ukraine’s Defense Council says preparations are under way to retake the rebel-controlled eastern city of Donetsk — the last stronghold of heavily armed pro-Russian separatists seeking autonomy from Kyiv. Defense spokesman Andriy Lysenko did not provide details. But he said the military has opened humanitarian corridors for city residents to flee the planned offensive, and […]