Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait ended without any real results : Arab coalition to revive Yemen "Operation Restoring Hope"

A spokesman said on Saturday that the Saudi-led Arab Coalition will revive its Operation Restoring Hope after Yemeni peace talks in Kuwait ended in the same day without any real results.

Afghans welcome second round of four-nation talks on peace process

In the militancy-plagued Afghanistan, people from all walks of life have welcomed holding the second round of the four-nation talks on Afghan peace process to bring Taliban outfit into negotiating table and find political settlement to the country's protracted conflict.

Spanish congress approves Greek bailout

The Spanish Congress on Tuesday returned to full activity with a debate which saw it back the plans for the third bailout of Greece.

No debt deal as Greeks reject 'absurd' offer

Greece has rejected an opening EU bailout offer as "absurd" and "unacceptable".
A meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels ended abruptly, ending hopes of agreeing a compromise today.
Greece's bailout expires on February 28 but a government source said that "there cannot be a deal today".

Greece: Anti-austerity Syriza strikes fear into the EU

Election victory of radical party coalition poses threat of default on bailout loans, and a breakdown of austerity-based reform package...

Hostage refused to read ISIL/ISIS message despite gun threat

Turkey's consul-general to Mosul, rescued after 101 days in ISIL captivity, refused to read a message for his captors “despite having a gun put to his head,” another hostage revealed.
Speaking to the media at Ankara’s Esenboga airport following his and the other 45 captives rescue on Saturday, Alptekin Esirgun said: "We knew that we had to stay patiently there. There were times when we faced death but we supported each other."
Esirgun described how Consul-General Ozturk Yilmaz refused to read a message on behalf of Turkey that had been prepared by the terrorists even though he was threatened with a gun.