Eurasia

Some of the “most vulnerable” Syrian refugees will be temporarily resettled in the UK, Deputy PM Nick Clegg has confirmed. He said girls and women who had been victims of or were at risk of sexual violence, torture victims, and elderly and disabled people would get priority.

European Union and Russia Tuesday discussed their strategic partnership and touched upon global issues like Iran, Syria and Ukraine during their 32nd summit in Brussels. Speaking at a press conference after their meeting this afternoon, both Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Russian President Vladimir

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his entire government resigned yesterday in a bid to defuse Ukraine’s deadly crisis, giving in to months of pressure as parliament scrapped anti-protest laws that had infuriated the opposition. Azarov said he had taken a “personal decision” to resign to keep Ukraine together as a …

Syrian peace talks were due to resume in Geneva on Tuesday with the warring sides deadlocked over the explosive issue of transferring power from President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Egypt’s Cairo Criminal Court decided to delay the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and some 130 others in the 2011 jailbreak case to Feb. 22. The defending team asked to postpone the trial so as to study the case’ documents.

The EU Rule of Law mission (EULEX) detained Serb local leader of the Serb-dominated north of Mitrovica, Oliver Ivanovic, who is suspected of crimes committed during the Kosovo conflict in 1999.

The French foreign ministry and the United Nations have condemned the violence in Egypt, including the series of bomb attacks on Friday and the violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces on Saturday.

French President Francois Hollande plans to visit Azerbaijan in May this year. Presidents and Foreign Ministers of the two countries will discuss

Former Bosnian Serb army commander Gen. Ratko Mladic has slammed the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal as a “satanic court” and refused to testify as a defence witness for his former political master, Radovan Karadzic.

The EU remains ready to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine, a statement of European Council President Herman Van Rompuy read. Speaking after a meeting with Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw,