ATHENS -- Greece can "continue to count on its partnership and friendship with Germany", German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a Greek newspaper ahead of her two-day visit to Athens starting Thursday.
"With the completion of the third adjustment program last year, Greece has made great progress. That should be a motive for the future. At this point I would like to reassure Greece that, in this course, it can continue to count on its partnership and friendship with Germany," she said.
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LONDON -- Britain's main opposition leader, Labor's Jeremy Corbyn, called on Thursday for a general election to allow people to decide the Brexit issue.
"If a general election cannot be secured then we will keep all options on the table, including the option of campaigning for a public vote," he said, adding: "But an election must be the priority. It is not only the most practical option, it is also the most democratic option."
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CAIRO -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said here on Thursday that the United States will remain a steadfast partner in the Middle East to crush terrorism.
"We will stand partner in the Middle East to crush terrorism," Pompeo said in a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shokri.
"We destroyed 99 percent of the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and will continue to eradicate it from the entire world," he added.
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MOSCOW -- The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will continue to use Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to bring astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), the head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said Thursday.
"Statements made by Americans that they will soon use their own spacecraft turned out to be somewhat hasty. We now have requests from our U.S. partners to continue using our spacecraft for transporting their astronauts," Rogozin told Russian news agency RBC in an interview.
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NEW DELHI -- Indian army chief General Bipin Rawat Thursday said there was need to bring situation of restive Indian-controlled Kashmir under better control.
"As far as situation along borders is concerned, let me tell you we have managed the situation well both on our northern front and on the western front and there should be no cause for concern," Rawat said.
"As for as the internal security is concerned, you all are well aware, we are gradually moving forward to being the situation under better control. I am not saying the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is under complete control, it needs to be brought under better control." Enditem
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