Eurasia

United States President Barack Obama will visit Asia in April to push closer ties, an aide said Wednesday, after his earlier cancellation of a trip raised questions about US staying power. Susan Rice, Obama’s adviser for national security, acknowledged disappointment after Obama called off a trip in October to negotiate with Republican lawmakers

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has met with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in Tbilisi. During the meeting, Zannier congratulated Margvelashvili on his victory in the presidential election and wished

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić on Tuesday in New York urged Priština and international factors “to secure conditions for holding the second round of local elections.” This should be done in Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo “in order to avoid the brutal breach of election procedure registered on November 3,” …

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal called Wednesday on Arab and African nations to pressure the U.N. Security Council to act on Syria, urging them to help save “what remains” of the country.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he and Afghan President Hamid Karzai had agreed on the terms of a deal to cover the presence of American troops beyond 2014. “As we sit here tonight we have agreed on the language that would be submitted to a Loya Jirga, but they have to …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a two-day official visit to St. Petersburg starting today to attend a Turkish-Russian High-Level Cooperation Council with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the ongoing crisis in Syria will likely be the main item on his agenda.

Pakistan has set up a special court to try former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for high treason, an offence punishable by death or life in prison, an official statement said. The announcement came hours after the Supreme Court forwarded a list of suitable judges to sit on the special court, …

Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev is calling the Consultative Council for National Security for a sitting on Wednesday, November 20. The formal and somewhat abstract title of the meeting is “Current Risks and Threats for National Security” and state institutions’ readiness to meet them.

Bulgaria will support Albania in its candidacy for the European Union, said Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin. Vigenin met with Albanian Ambassador to Sofia, Petrit Karabina, who acquainted him with the most recent

President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Sudnay that he is committed to reinforce ties with Morocco, as he congratulated Moroccan King Mohammed VI for the 58th anniversary of the independence of his nation, a couple of weeks after a diplomatic crisis sparked between the two neighboring nations. “It is …