Eurasia

Azerbaijan, Turkey sign bilateral agreements

A ceremony to sign Azerbaijan-Turkey documents has today been held in Ankara as part of President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to the country. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a declaration on results of the Azerbaijan-Turkey High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council.

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Turkish PM optimistic on Kurdish peace

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed hope that an upcoming meeting with Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani in Diyarbakır over the weekend will be a historic occasion that crowns an ongoing resolution process in the country.

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Burkina Faso sends additional 935 soldiers to Mali

Burkina Faso’s government has adopted a bill to send 935 more soldiers to Mali under the auspices of the United Nations Integrated Mission for Stabilization of Mali (MINUSMA). The deployment of the additional troops aims to respond to the demands of the operational concept that was

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British PM to visit India

British Prime Minister David Cameron will be in India on a day-long visit, his third in two years, on his way to Colombo to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on November 15-16. Cameron will hold talks with Singh on number of crucial bilateral, regional and international issues.

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Egypt lifts state of emergency

An Egyptian court ruled a three-month state of emergency be lifted on Tuesday, a step that may help the army-backed government restore a semblance of normality after the military ousted President Mohamed Morsi. But as emergency rule was ordered to end, the government edged a step closer to passing a law on demonstrations that the opposition says could be a new way to curb protests.

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