Steinmeier Called Kievs Refusal To Host Him In April Historic Insult - Reports - UrduPoint

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a telephone conversation in May that Kiev's refusal to host him in April was a "historic insult," Spiegel reported on Saturday, citing sources.

Turkish Embassy in Berlin sends diplomatic note to German Foreign Ministry over artist’s ‘provocative act’

The Turkish Embassy in Berlin on July 4 sent an “urgent” diplomatic note to the German Foreign Ministry over what it described as a “provocative act” by a local artist against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in front of the chancellery building.

Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey after anti-Erdogan tweets

A Dutch journalist was briefly detained Sunday by Turkish police on Sunday after sending tweets deemed critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to her Twitter account.

Clashes erupt in Kashmir over Charlie Hebdo's cartoons

Indian police fired warning shots and tear smoke shells Friday to disperse irate youth in Indian-controlled Kashmir protesting publication of cartoons of Islam's prophet in French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, witnesses and police said.

The magazine in its last week's issue features caricature of Prophet Muhammad weeping on its cover in what is termed as a " survivors" issue.

Churches torched in Charlie Hebdo protests, as France defends free speech

A violent mob torched at least three churches in Niger's capital Niamey on Saturday (Jan 17) during fresh protests against Charlie Hebdo magazine, as France's president stressed his commitment to "freedom of expression".

Thousands of Jordanians condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoons

Thousands of Jordanians demonstrated on Friday in condemnation of Charlie Hebdo, which in its latest edition featured a cartoon of a weeping Prophet Mohammad on its cover.

Qatar Warns Against Cartoons of Prophet Mohammad

The country’s Foreign Ministry stated on Friday that Qatar "condemns the reprinting by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and other European press of pictures offensive to Prophet Mohammed," the news agency AFP reported on Friday.

U.S., Russia exchange threats at tense U.N. meeting.

Russia and the United States exchanged threats Wednesday at a tense U.N. Security Council meeting over the Ukraine crisis, with Moscow’s envoy warning that the U.S. ambassador’s “insults” are jeopardizing Moscow’s willingness to cooperate with Washington on other diplomatic matters.

It was the council’s eighth meeting in less than three weeks on Ukraine, a show of determination by Western powers to highlight Russia’s diplomatic isolation over the Crimean Peninsula - even if the council is powerless to act because of Moscow’s veto power as a permanent council member.