Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his French counterpart Francois Hollande during a visit to France on October 19, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday. The two leaders “will discuss international issues including Syria and Ukraine,” Lavrov told France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault at a meeting in Moscow. ...
A suspected car bomb on Thursday exploded near a police station in Istanbul, leaving at least one person seriously wounded, Turkish television reported. The explosion rocked the district of Yenibosna on the European side of Istanbul, close to the city’s main international airport, CNN-Turk television reported. Many ambulances were dispatched ...