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Tuareg rebels, Mali govt end Algiers negotiations without a settlement

Representatives of the Tuareg rebels and the government of Mali dissolved their negotiations in Algiers without reaching a settlement. Meanwhile, the violence continues. For an entire week, representatives of the Malian government and Tuareg rebels sat and talked. It was the third round of negotiations within four months. However, after …

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Putin visits Turkey, will meet Erdogan

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Ankara to start his one-day state visit to Turkey. During his stay here, Putin is expected to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on bilateral relations and several regional and international issues and affairs that concern both sides, according to …

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Egypt President sees new era after Mubarak verdict

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said Egypt will never return to the past and is charting a new future, after a court dismissed murder charges against former leader Hosni Mubarak. A Cairo court on Saturday dropped the charges over the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising that …

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