Eurasia

The Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the EU will enter into force on September 1. This means that Serbia’s EU association process will turn into the accession process.

Prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci will next week on Tuesday, August 27 in Brussels meet with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Ashton’s spokesperson Maja Kocijančič said in a statement that they will

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, will arrive in India tomorrow.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet with US President Barack Obama at the White House next month, where the two leaders will chart a course seeking enhanced bilateral ties and defence cooperation between the two countries, US officials have said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefed Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his trip to Pakistan, hoping the visit would yield positive aftermath for the two nations.

Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby called on Wednesday for United Nations inspectors to immediately investigate reports of a chemical attack near the Syrian capital that activists say has killed more than 200 people,

If the facts surrounding the killing of civilians with chemical weapon in Syria are proven, the international community should react to this, according to a message from the Turkish Foreign Ministry posted on its official website on

The French president plans to ask the U.N. to visit the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack near Damascus.

UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will not take part in crunch talks next week between Russian and US officials on a long-delayed Syria peace conference, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday congratulated Mali’s new leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on his election victory and vowed to work with him as the country emerges from months of conflict.