U.S. Republican congressional leaders have refused Democrats' calls for a special prosecutor or select committee to investigate possible links between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, saying investigations by congressional committees are sufficient.

• Date: 18.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev discussed the Syria crisis by phone, the Kremlin said on Saturday, after peace talks in Kazakhstan closed without any substantive negotiations.

• Date: 18.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 18.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that would add to U.S. concerns about Moscow's deepening role in Libya.

• Date: 14.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 14.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.

• Date: 13.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 13.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build cooperation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday over military operations in Syria, as Turkey attempts to create a border "safe zone" free of Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG militia.

• Date: 11.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 11.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

The Syrian government has called on the United Nations to force Turkey to pull "its invasion forces" out of Syria, state media said on Friday.

• Date: 10.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

President Tayyip Erdogan sought to build cooperation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday over military operations in Syria, as Turkey attempts to create a border "safe zone" free of Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG militia.

• Date: 10.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 10.03.2017  |  Security  |  from http://www.reuters.com

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey to stop invoking Berlin's Nazi past in criticizing cancellations of Turkish ministers' rallies in Germany, and said she would do everything possible to keep Turkish domestic conflicts from spilling onto German soil.

• Date: 09.03.2017  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2017  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com