Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid is optimistic about future relations with fellow Asian power China, with Delhi viewing Beijing as “rivals who are also partners”. But in an interview with The Australian newspaper published on Monday, Khurshid said a festering Himalayan border dispute between the two giant neighbours remained a key area …

The United Nations and Arab Leaugue Special Envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, was received Sunday by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers.

Efforts on the launch of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens to European countries may yield positive results before the end of this year, said European Union Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Stefan Füle on Friday.