New York / AFP President-elect Donald Trump meets with running mate Mike Pence in New York on Tuesday to discuss cabinet appointments amid reports of intense infighting over choice posts. One source described to CNN the fierce lobbying as a “knife fight.” Trump and Pence will “be reviewing a number of names” for cabinet positions, Jason Miller, a transition …

  Ankara/ AFP Germany’s foreign minister on Tuesday said it was up to Turkey to decide whether to advance its bid on joining the European Union, reaffirming Berlin’s “serious concern” at the crackdown after the failed July 15 coup. The purge that has seen over 35,000 people arrested and journalists as well as some MPs put in jail had raised questions …

  Brussels / AFP NATO head Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said he was sure Donald Trump would live up to all US commitments to the alliance, just days after urging the president-elect not to go it alone. “President-elect Donald Trump stated during the election campaign that he is a big fan of NATO,” Stoltenberg said in Brussels as he arrived …