Eurasia

Prime Minister Ali Larayedh vowed Thursday his cabinet will make every effort to turn to dialogue with its detractors to resolve Tunisia’s political crisis sparked by an opposition leader’s assassination.

Two veterans of Malian politics face off on Sunday in the second round of a presidential election intended to turn the page on months of unrest after a coup, Islamist insurgency and French military intervention.

Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister Mourad Medelci said Tuesday that the security cooperation between Algeria and Tunisia has record and tangible results. In a joint press conference with Tunisian counterpart Othman Jarandi, Medelci

Moscow has rejected a Saudi proposal to abandon Syria’s president in return for a huge arms deal and a pledge to boost Russian influence in the Arab world. On July 31, President Vladimir Putin, a strong backer of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, met Saudi Arabia’s influential

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Thursday that it was imperative for both India and Pakistan to take effective steps to ensure and restore ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC).

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation with his British counterpart David Cameron on Tuesday.

Turkey’s future is in good hands, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said after the Eid prayer on the occasion of Ramadan. Gul said that the principles of the rule of law and equality are above everything in Turkey.

India’s government on Thursday for the first time directly accused Pakistan’s army of involvement in a deadly ambush on its troops in Kashmir and warned of retaliation. Defence Minister AK Antony also warned the ambush would damage warming ties with Islamabad and hinted at

US has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to a terrorist threat against the U.S. consulate. The State Department issued an “ordered departure” for all of its diplomats in Lahore Thursday, except

Syrian authorities have taken the rare step of denying media reports of an attack on President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade as he traveled to a mosque on Thursday to attend prayersmarking a Muslim holiday.