UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed by reports of atrocities against “a large number” of civilians, including women and children, in recent hours in the Syrian city of Aleppo, his spokesman said Monday. “While stressing that the United Nations is not able to independently verify these reports, the secretary-general is ...
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni’s new cabinet was officially sworn in Monday as the eurozone’s third largest economy raced to reassure Europe its political crisis was over. Gentiloni, 62, called to head up a new centre-left government after prime minister Matteo Renzi’s resignation following a crushing referendum defeat, kept the ...
