Cyprus' president says a resumption of talks to reunify the ethnically split island nation is unlikely any time soon because of Turkey's naval blockade of an offshore gas search

Top EU diplomat says donors pledge 414 million euros ($510 million) for Africa's Sahel region

The top executive of Italian company Eni says that planned drilling in search of gas off Cyprus could be put on hold until Turkey can be convinced to pull back its warships preventing a rig from reaching the site

Cyprus' president says an offshore hydrocarbons search will carry on as planned despite strong opposition by Turkey and the ethnically split island nation's breakaway Turkish Cypriots

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson publicly designated former Albanian Prosecutor General Adriatik Llalla due to his involvement in significant corruption

NATO's chief says the alliance plans to expand its military training mission in Iraq and help the conflict-ravaged country develop new defense academies

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis urged reluctant allied nations to address a growing crisis by taking responsibility for their citizens who have been detained as foreign fighters for the Islamic State group in Syria

Cyprus' government spokesman has been appointed as the island nation's new foreign minister in a cabinet reshuffle

The United States is urging Russia to prove it's honoring a landmark nuclear arms treaty from the Soviet era or to prepare for the pact to collapse

A hydrocarbons search, reunification talks and revving up the economy on re-elected president's priority list