The EU has opened 16 out of the 35 chapters required for Turkey to join the bloc, but only one of them has so far been concluded.

An analyst says the European Parliament’s decision to shelve accession talks with Ankara is not an overreaction and there’s no way that Turkey is ever going to be allowed to be a member of the EU.

Turkey has condemned a European Parliament vote backing a freeze in accession talks with Ankara.

The EU's top enlargement official, Johannes Hahn, says the "coup attempt of July 15 was an attack on democracy per se."

An analyst says the US is standing "four-square" behind London in supporting the Saudis at the the UN Human Rights Council.

Morocco withdrew from the AU in 1984, when the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) - commonly known as Western Sahara - was accepted as a member.

“Turkish people see the double standard” in the EU's stance on Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu says.

NATO rules out speculative press reports on the impact of the failed coup in Turkey on its membership in the alliance.

Slovakia's far right People's Party declares it will seek a petition for a referendum on the country’s membership in the EU.