Eurasia Press & News

Hungary’s prime minister may be pleased the centrist Armin Laschet will be the next leader of the CDU, though he is going to find a much tougher crowd in Germany in the post-Merkel era.

On the occasion of the anniversary of laying the foundation stone of the Aswan dam, the Egyptian state opened the door to the second phase of the compensation paid for the Nubians who were displaced from their lands.

Egypt and German’s Siemens recently signed an agreement to start establishing a high-speed railway network connecting the Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts, as part of Egypt’s efforts to develop its decaying sector.

The anti-government protests come 10 years after Tunisia’s revolution triggered pro-democracy uprisings across the region. Clashes between police and protesters in Tunisia continued on Monday, days after the North African country marked the 10th anniversary of the demonstrations that ousted longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and set off …

Tehran claims there have been no informal preliminary talks with the incoming US administration, but signs of economic relief are already appearing in Tehran’s forex market.

Tuesday’s ground forces exercise followed naval and drone drills last week, as tensions with the United States continue. The Iranian army began a military drill in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday. Iran’s military has conducted several military exercises in the last few days at a time of heightened tensions …

President Hassan Rouhani appeared more upbeat on the prospects of the Iran nuclear deal on the day that Donald Trump departed from the White House. Donald Trump’s departure from the White House must have prompted a sigh of relief from his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, who declared the outgoing US …

Last week’s Russia-brokered agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended 44 days of bloody clashes over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh—the first interstate war fought by conventional forces in recent years.

President-elect Joe Biden is about to inherit a trade dispute that gives him an early chance to show whether he is prepared to break not just with Donald Trump, but with the corporate-friendly trade policies championed by his Democratic predecessors. The outgoing administration is set to impose new tariffs over …

Japan strongly protested Chinese vessels’ repeated intrusions into its waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at their senior diplomats’ videoconference on Wednesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.