Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that there is a demand for European partners to join efforts aimed at resolving humanitarian issues in Karabakh, the Kremlin said

European countries' refusal to repatriate their nationals stuck in camps in northeastern Syria is a deviation from the European Convention on Human Rights, which obliges them to protect people from torture or inhuman treatment, the commissioner for human rights of the Council of Europe said

Some 130 countries have agreed to support a minimum global tax, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced Thursday, with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen calling the deal "historic".