January 14, 2015 Eurasia, Eurasia News
US Vice President Joe Biden spoke via phone with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Tuesday to review the foreign aid intended to rebuild the Ukrainian economy, and talk about efforts to have Moscow end its hostilities and withdraw from its neighbor’s eastern region, the White House said in a …
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January 14, 2015 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
The United Nations is gearing up to kick-start a new round of political talks this week aimed at easing the deepening political and security crisis afflicting Libya, the UN Mission in the strife-torn country has announced. In a press release issued today, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said …
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January 14, 2015 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
French lawmakers overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday to expand its participation in the airstrike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Iraq. The extension was for another four months. The extension, which came under a vote of 488 ballots to 1, with 13 abstentions, was reinforced after …
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January 14, 2015 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, South East Asia
U.S. President Barack Obama will have a tight schedule during his three-day visit starting January 25. He will hold talks with top leadership in New Delhi on ways to make progress on key issues such as defence and civil nuclear agreement and attend the Republic Day celebrations as the Chief …
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January 14, 2015 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is in Egypt on a two day trip to meet political and religious leaders, including President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. It is Baird’s second visit to Egypt in less than a year, according to the Canadian government’s foreign affairs website. On Wednesday, he is scheduled …
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January 14, 2015 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A delegation of Syrian opposition groups arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, one day after the arrival of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution. A meeting between the various Syrian opposition entities is scheduled to take place on 22 January at the foreign ministry’s Council of Foreign Relations. Foreign Ministry Spokesman …
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January 12, 2015 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia were meeting on Monday in Berlin to try and resolve tensions threatening to scupper a planned summit on ending the Ukrainian conflict. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes that a presidential summit of the four countries can take place on Thursday in Kazakhstan …
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January 12, 2015 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, South East Asia
India and US are likely to sign their new 10-year defence framework agreement during the visit to the country of President Barack Obama later this month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday. He added that the strengthening of the existing framework and enhancement of its scope was going to …
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January 12, 2015 Africa, Africa News, Eurasia, Eurasia News
Algeria has strongly condemned the terrorist attack against a contingent of the United Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Kidal, Mali, leaving many injured among the Senegalese soldiers of the mission, said Sunday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué.
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January 12, 2015 Eurasia, Eurasia News
The Ukrainian armed forces are receiving funds, equipment and training in preparation for eventual NATO membership, Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey said on Monday. ” Ukraine is not ready to join NATO,” Sergei Korsunsky said. “The cost ofNATO membership is high, and a NATO member must be prepared to deploy forces on …
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