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Greece to expel Libyan ambassador over Turkey-Libya maritime accord Greece is expelling the Libyan ambassador to the country, angered at an accord signed on November 27 between Libya and Turkey mapping out a sea boundary between the two countries close to Crete. Mohamed Younis AB Menfi has 72 hours to leave the country, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told reporters on Friday. The Turkey-Libyan accord was a “blatant violation of international law,” Dendias said. Ankara is backing the Tripoli-based government. The agreement on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea between Turkey and Libya’s internationally recognized government could complicate disputes over energy exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Turkish drilling has angered Greek Cypriots, Athens an...

Normandy Four summit ‘may result in comprehensive Donbass ceasefire’ – Ukraine president’s adviser Ukraine should not expect new important agreements from the Normandy Four summit in Paris but the meeting may result in establishing a comprehensive ceasefire in Donbass and prisoner exchange, TASS quoted Nikita Poturaev, the adviser to the Ukrainian president, as saying on Friday. “No new Minsk Agreements or some kind of Paris Agreements will come out of the meeting in Paris. However, the summit may result in… ceasefire along the whole contact line, which is envisaged by the Minsk Agreements, and prisoner exchange,” Poturaev told 1+1 TV channel. “If these two things are fulfilled, a political process will follow, namely elections [in Donbass] in accordance with Ukrainian laws.” ...

Remaining parties to Iran nuclear deal meet as accord nears collapse The signatories to the faltering 2015 Iran nuclear deal meet in Vienna on Friday with the survival of the agreement at stake after Tehran vowed to continue to breach the deal’s limits on its nuclear program, AFP reports. Envoys from Britain, France, Germany, China, Russia and Iran will take part in the meeting, which is the first time the six parties will have gathered in this format since July. Since May, Iran has taken a series of measures, including stepping up uranium enrichment, with another such move likely in early January. Tehran says it has the right to take these measures in retaliation for the US’s withdrawal from the deal in 2018 and re-imposition of sanctions. Despite the mounting tension, Britai...