Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a key meeting on the Syrian crisis on Tuesday with high-ranking Turkish officials at the prime ministry residence,
Read More »Pakistan holds presidential elections
Pakistani lawmakers on Tuesday began voting for a new president, marking an end to the five-year term of outgoing Asif Ali Zardari whose party lost May’s general elections.
Read More »Bulgaria is willing to sign good-neighbor agreement with Macedonia
Bulgaria is strongly committed to signing a good-neighbor agreement with Macedonia and is negotiating to settle the matters that still exist in the bilateral relations, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin has said.
Read More »France calls on Egypt to end violence
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday called for an end to violence in Egypt and for the release of deposed president Mohammed Morsi and other political prisoners, who are mainly from the Muslim Brotherhood.
Read More »New round of Cyprus talks could take place in October
Talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots regarding the island’s future are due to resume in October, the United Nations indicated on Tuesday.
Read More »Catherine Ashton wraps up visit to Egypt
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met Egypt’s ousted Islamist president on Tuesday, saying he was “well,” but the country’s political crisis seemed no closer to resolution despite her efforts.
Read More »UNSC to meet and discuss Kosovo on August 28
A meeting of the UN Security Council where a report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Kosovo will be presented will be held on August 28. Ban stated in his regular quarterly report for the period between April 23 and
Read More »Syrian army retakes control of important district in Homs province
Syria’s state media said Monday that Syrian government troops regained full control of the strategic al-Khalidieh
Read More »Turkey condemns Saturday bombing in Pakistan
Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the attack in Pakistan’s Parachinar town which killed 57 people on July 26, Saturday. “We wish God’s mercy for those who lost their lives in the reprehensible attacks organized in
Read More »France praises Mali Presidential elections
People across Mali cast ballots yesterday in the country’s first presidential vote after more than a year of turmoil under a provisional, unelected government.
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