Eurasia

Yemen’s Shiite militia sent reinforcements south and clashed with local fighters on March 23 after the United Nations warned the country is on the brink of a protracted civil war. Security sources said the militiamen, known as Huthis, had sent several thousand troops south and fought with local Sunni tribes as they …

Turkey’s government cannot take further steps in the peace process unless the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party(PKK) lays down its arms and takes concrete steps to foster peace, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said. “Peace is not possible under the shadow of arms … We cannot move forward in an environment in which promises …

India and China will hold the 18th round of border talks in Delhi from tomorrow – the first round of negotiations after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power last year – where the two sides are expected to focus on clarification of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Ukraine, where he will take part in the 4th meeting of the Ukrainian-Turkish High Level Cooperation Council on March 20. He will meet with Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk.

There are indications that terrorist group, Boko Haram, have retaken Gamboru Ngala, Borno  State, where they were recently pushed out by Chadian troops. It was learnt that the Nigerian border town with Chad, Gamboru Ngala, was left unguarded after the Chadian troops liberated it from and flushed out the insurgents.

US President Barack Obama and German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by telephone on Thursday on Ukraine, stressing they would keep up sanctions on Russia over its role in the crisis. “There will be no easing of sanctions imposed on Russia until it has fulfilled all of its Minsk commitments,” the …

In a spirit of unity, the members of Security Council expressed their disappointment for the failure of South Sudanese talks, and expressed their deep concern at the ongoing fighting and violence. The UNSC was briefed by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan Haile Menkerios, …

Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenuik met here Thursday Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, and discussed with him the latest situation in Ukraine. Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Yatsenuik said that yesterday the House of Representatives in Ukraine passed a resolution asking the EU and UN to send …

The French President spoke with his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi following a terror attack in Tunis in which at least eight people were killed. According to a source close to Hollande’s office, in the brief call with Essebsi, Hollande expressed “the solidarity of France with the Tunisian people in …

Algeria and Italy share the same positions on the need to find a political solution to the crisis in Libya and to strengthen the fight against terrorism, said Wednesday in Rome Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel. “Algeria and Italy share the same positions (as regards the crisis …