Eurasia

The Malian parties involved in the dialogue for the settlement of the crisis in Northern Mali signed Sunday in Algiers a peace and reconciliation agreement under the supervision of the international mediation, chaired by Algeria, as a mediation leader. The document was signed by the representative of the Malian government, …

Fire exchange between border guards and a terrorist group took place, Saturday around 01.00 a.m., in the locality of Babouch in Ain Draham (governorate of Jendouba). “The terrorists opened fire on the side of Wadi Edholma, lying within the border crossing point between Tunisia and Algeria,” a security source said …

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday that Moscow and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine must implement a ceasefire or face consequences that could hit Russia’s economy. Kerry told a news conference in Geneva that the ceasefire must be respected in all areas, including the …

Over 6,000 people have been killed since April 2014 in the Ukraine conflict, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reported Monday. “Heavy civilian tolls of dead and wounded have resulted from indiscriminate shelling of residential areas” by both the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, leaving …

France’s President Francois Hollande said Monday that commitment to implement the Minsk peace accord by all sides would be the only possible way to restore peace in Ukraine. France must not tolerate any infringement of the Minsk peace accord to re-establish peace and stability in Ukraine, Hollande told reporters after …

Pakistan will hold dialogue with India on all issues including the longstanding Kashmir dispute, National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz said today ahead of the Foreign Secretary-level talks next week. Talking to Radio Pakistan in Lahore, Aziz said that India cancelled Foreign Secretary level talks last year and now it took …

Jammu and Kashmir’s new ruling coalition sworn in on Sunday has nudged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume talks with Pakistan and Kashmiri stakeholders, including the Hurriyat Conference. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Kashmir’s People’s Democratic Party nominated 11 and 12 ministers respectively who took the oath of …

The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency session on Friday on the ceasefire deal in eastern Ukraine that is showing tentative signs of taking hold, diplomats said. France and Germany requested the meeting of the 15-member council as Ukraine’s military began withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontline and …

The new Tuareg tribal chief in Mali’s Kidal region rejected the struggle for independence or autonomy in the northern desert in a statement on Wednesday, instead issuing a plea for unity. The stance puts him on a collision course with Tuareg rebels who are demanding a separate homeland in the …

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday as the two held a “closed session” in which they discussed concerted efforts in the “fight against terrorism”, a presidential statement said on Thursday. The statement added that military and security cooperation between the two states has …