Eurasia

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called here Monday for international parties to work toward a political solution to the Syria conflict following the peace talks closed last weekend with no concrete progress.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule is starting his two-day official visit to Sarajevo on Monday. He will be the first EU official to visit Bosnia-Herzegovina since the start of violent protests earlier this month.

Ukrainian opposition protesters ended a two-month occupation of city hall in Kiev on Sunday and opened a road to limited traffic to meet an amnesty offer aimed at easing a standoff over President Viktor Yanukovich’s rule. The

A Cairo court adjourned Sunday the trial of Egypt’s former president Mohamed Morsiover charges of espionage to February 23. Presiding judge Shaaban El-Shami asked for mandating ten lawyers for the defendants.

Ukraine’s opposition has announced forming a parallel government upping the ante in its confrontation with President Viktor Yanukovych. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a leader of the Batkivshchyna Party, said he had turned down Mr. Yanukovych offer to appoint him Prime Minister and that opposition

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier met on Friday in Moscow where they discussed Ukraine’s political situation. Lavrov has said the EU is trying to create a “sphere of influence” by pressing Ukraine to choose closer ties with the EU over Russia. Adding

The Syrian opposition will not meet in Geneva on Friday with the government delegation in view of the latter’s ” non-constructive attitude,” Louai Safi, spokesman for the National Coalition for Syrian

Russia and Egypt have agreed to boost their military and economic cooperation during a high level meeting in Moscow. The meeting between Egyptian President-hopeful Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Russian

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama will postpone his visit to Serbia, planned for February. The media in Albania are quoting his office as saying that

The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, headed to Turkey to discuss some issues including the energy file.