Turkey accuses France of stoking tensions in East Med

Turkey on Thursday accused France of stoking tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, where NATO allies Turkey and Greece are locked in a stiff standoff over competing claims over offshore energy exploration rights. The accusation came as European Union foreign ministers were set to meet in Berlin as they try to persuade EU-member Greece and its neighbor Turkey to pull back from the brink of a conflict. “My message is that the situation must be resolved in a spirit of allied solidarity and in line with international law,” Stoltenberg said as he met German...