Rioters used Molotov cocktails and caused fire to start in the town of Argenteuil for the second consecutive night after the death of a youngster in a traffic accident on May 17. The police intervened again. Second night of urban violence in Argenteuil (Val d’Oise) on May 18: rioters again targeted the police with fireworks and jets of Molotov cocktails. This phenomenon of urban violence began the day before, after a traffic accident, when an 18-year-old young man, Sabri, was killed in a motocross accident on the night of May 16 to 17. Source RT
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews