September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Magreb, Magreb News
Tunisian Caretaker president Moncef Marzouki met on Monday evening in New York with US president Barack Obama who expressed his country’s unconditional commitment to support Tunisia in speeding up the completion of the transitional process so that it might be a model in the region.
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September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel has been charged with participating in a military coup that took place on February 28, 1997.
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September 25, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Romania, Romania News
France’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls expressed some reservations about Bulgaria and Romania’s accession in the Schengen area as of January 1, 2014.
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September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday attended the ministers meeting of the initiative of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and met with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Saud al-Faisal and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton separately.
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September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Iran, Iran News
French President Francois Hollande urged Iran Tuesday to make “concrete gestures” on its disputed nuclear program as he met Tehran’s new leader. “France expects Iran to make concrete gestures to show that it renounces its military nuclear program, even
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September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A team of UN chemical weapons experts arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday ahead of new investigations into the use of the banned arms.
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September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif, conducted a meeting yesterday to discuss regional concerns related to both countries, including the Syrian conflict.
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September 25, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, Pakistan, South East Asia
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday he will meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, after raised tensions between the neighbours. “During my visit to New York, I… look forward to bilateral meetings with the leaders of some of our neighbouring …
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September 24, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Moscow hopes the UN Security Council will agree a resolution this week to support a deal for Syria to abandon its chemical arms, but talks with the United States have been rocky, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
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September 24, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Three Kenya Defence Force (KDF) soldiers have succumbed to injuries following the rescue mission at the Westgate mall. According to KDF Information Operations Officer Cyrus Oguna, the three were among 11 soldiers wounded when they confronted
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