Eurasia

Iraq’s new parliament postponed its next session for five weeks on Monday, extending the country’s political paralysis in the face of a Sunni Islamist insurgency which claimed the life of an army general on the northwestern outskirts of Baghdad. Citing the inability of political camps to reach “understanding and agreement” …

Tunisia said Monday it will host a meeting of foreign ministers from the six countries neighbouring Libya, to discuss ways of helping it deal with political turmoil and rising lawlessness. A meeting of Maghreb countries on the situation in Libya had been scheduled for early June but it was delayed indefinitely because of the lack …

ISIS-led insurgents are creating an Islamic state out of the vast strips of land they control in Iraq and Syria, the militants have announced. Its territory will extend from Syria’s Aleppo, once the economic heart of the country, to the Diyala province in the east of Iraq. The Islamic State for Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which from now is to call itself simply “Islamic …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be his party’s presidential candidate at the vote this August, ruling AKP officials say. The widely expected announcement comes briefly after President Abdullah Gul declared he was not intending to stand for a second term in office, amid speculations he might try to do so and could put Erdogan’s ambitions …

Ukrainain forces say at least 150 rebels have been killed during heavy fighting in the east of the country. According to Kiev officials, the army virtually sealed off the town of Mykolayivka after attacking six posts of separatists.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with his Libyan counterpart Mohamed Abdulaziz on Sunday, when they addressed the latest developments in the neighbouring country. Abdulaziz arrived in Cairo on Friday to discuss his country’s security challenges with his Egyptian counterpart. During the meeting, Abdelaziz discussed Libya’s parliamentary elections, which were held earlier in …

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Jordan on Tuesday as the first stop of an upcoming Arab tour which will include visits to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait from 8 to 11 July. Shoukry will visit the Arab nations to discuss current events of regional importance. A statement released by …

Iran and neighboring Azerbaijan have similar views toward major regional and international issues, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said in a meeting with his visiting Azeri counterpart Zakir Hasanov on Monday. Colonel-General Hasanov arrived in Tehran for bilateral talks with senior Iranian officials at the invitation of Dehqan. Dehqan noted …

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will pay a visit to Azerbaijan. The exact date for the visit is being clarified, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev told Trend on April 16. The information about the planned visit of Israeli FM to Azerbaijan was spread by the Israeli media. The visit …

t is expected that investment in the development of the ICT sector in Azerbaijan will amount to about $4 billion by 2020, the Azerbaijani Minister of Communications and High Technologies Ali Abbasov told local media. The interview states that in accordance with the “Azerbaijan 2020: Vision for the Future” development …