Joint Georgian-U.S. naval exercises began in the waters of Batumi port on Tuesday morning. The U.S. naval destroyer Bulkeley and two Georgian coast

he United States signalled on Monday that it was prepared to resume aid to Mali following a presidential election that paved the way for the return of a democratically elected government.

Mali’s presidential election has been won by Ibrahim Boubacar Keita after his rival admitted defeat in the second round. Keita, 68, served as Prime Minister from 1994 to 2000.

German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle is to pay an official two-day visit to Tunisia on August 14, the foreign ministry announced on Monday. During the visit, Westerwelle is to hold talks with Tunisian Interim President, interim Premier, President of Constituent Assembly, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the ministry …

Egypt’s judiciary extended ousted president Mohamed Morsi’s detention yesterday as his supporters marched through Cairo in defiance of the expiry of a government ultimatum to dismantle their huge protest camps. The judiciary said it was extending Morsi’s detention

The only way to end the ongoing violence in Syria lies in dialogue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the UN-Arab League joint envoy to Syria

Pakistan on Monday summoned a senior Indian envoy and conveyed serious concerns over the ” violations of a ceasefire agreement by the Indian forces,” the Foreign Ministry said. Pakistan says the Indian troops fired on its border areas on Monday and killed a civilian along the Line of Control (LoC), …

U.S. President Barack Obama and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras have given optimistic outlook over the stalled talks in the divided island of Cyprus.

Indian Defence Minister, Ak Antony said Monday that the country’s armed forces were free to respond to the situation at the Line of Control (LoC).

The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, discussed bilateral relations over the phone with his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari — said an official press release here on Sunday.