MIDDLE EAST-CONFLICT France and Germany pledge nearly €200 million in aid to Lebanon between them as Israel’s air and ground offensive against Hezbollah continues. Moving ____ UKRAINE-CONFLICT-RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA Russia’s lower house of parliament ratifies an overarching partnership treaty with North Korea as Western powers condemn reports that Moscow is training Pyongyang’s troops for apparent deployment in Ukraine. Moving ____ TURKEY-CONFLICT Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Turkey, may be open to starting peace talks with the Turkish government, ac…