October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met here late Monday with Nabil El-Arabi, Secretary General of the Arab League, discussing with him issues pertaining to the Syrian crisis. Ban briefed his counterpart on recent developments at the United Nations relating to Syria and expressed strong hopes that the successful
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Russian-Georgian relations were discussed by the Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili, at a meeting with members of EU Council’s Political and Security Committee.
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubakar Keita has cut short a visit to France and returned home to deal with an upsurge in violence by Tuareg tribesmen in northern Mali, official sources confirmed. The French parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission said that
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow together with ambassadors, commanders and other representatives from the Alliance and NATO’s Military Committee observed Allied naval forces in action in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday. A large fleet of warships from NATO’s Response Force (NRF) are currently conducting manoeuvres as part of the …
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
More than three dozen people remain unaccounted for almost a week after the end of the four-day terrorist attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall that killed at least 67, the head of the Kenyan Red Cross said yesterday. The Red Cross’ report of 39 missing people conflicts with the government’s contention …
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Dine El Otmani took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today to decry the lack of international aid and other obstacles that prevent Africa from reaching its full potential.
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said that the internal situation of Tunisia is witnessing a lot of developments, but, Cairo is refrained to issue a comment and does not intend to change that. He urged the Tunisian authorities to respect the will of the Egyptian people expressed as of …
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
A new bill to replace a parliamentary motion passed last year authorizing cross-border military operations in Syria will be on Parliament’s agenda on Oct. 3, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has said.
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October 1, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Kenyan lawmakers investigating alleged security failings during the deadly assault on Nairobi’s Westgate mall by Islamist gunmen were due to meet on Tuesday, as leaders gathered to commemorate the 67 killed.
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September 30, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a long-anticipated reform package on Monday to facilitate a settlement process aiming to end a three- decade Kurdish insurgency. Under the framework of political party amendments, parties will be able to make their election campaigns in languages other than Turkish, Erdogan said, a …
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