Eurasia

Turkish Minister of European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator, Egemen Bagis, said that the decision on a possible international military attack against Syria would be concretised after the G-20 summit in Saint Petersburg on September 5-6. “It is possible for the efforts of the leaders of the G-20 countries …

The bilingual signs with Latin and Cyrillic script which were installed on the from the Vukovar government, police and tax administration buildings on Monday morning were taken down soon afterwards by several dozen Croatian veterans who defended the city which was devastated by Serb forces in the 1990s war.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says an international response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria is unlikely. However, she added, the “slightest chance” to arrive at such a response must be used.

Improving ties with India and Afghanistan is the top priority of Pakistan, which will focus on Southeast Asia and Europe to inject more economic content into ties for much-needed economic revival, a top official has said. At the core of Sharif’s initiatives is the belief that Pakistan’s economic revival is …

Until the world community takes decisive action against Syria, Bashar Al-Assad’s regime will continue mass murders, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “Worldwide decisions are in the hands of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and it is – anti-democratic,” he said.

A roadside bomb exploded when a Turkish convoy of 4 vehicles carrying embassy officials was passing en route to Irbil. 

Georgia must turn into a space designed for implementation of mutually beneficial political and economic relations for its neighbors, PM Bidzina Ivanishvili said.

No request or an inquiry has been sent to Bulgaria up to now about possible participation in a military operation in Syria, Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov said. “At the meeting of the government’s Security Council we said there were three possible scenarios for the

Russia is unconvinced by evidence presented by the United States and its allies of an alleged chemical attack outside Damascus that the West says was perpetrated by the Syrian regime, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.

U.S. President Barack Obama is continuing his push for congressional support of U.S. military action in Syria. Obama is hosting a meeting Monday at the White House with prominent Senator John McCain, who