August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on the U.N. Security Council to call for a halt to the violence in Egypt, arguing
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, India, Pakistan, South East Asia
The issue was raised Wednesday in both houses of parliament with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contending that the government should bring a resolution against Pakistan. The government is preparing a resolution condemning Pakistan, after the country’s lower house of parliament brought a
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday said the United Nations will continue to support Pakistan in the war against terrorism. Speaking at a joint press conference along with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after their talks here, Ban Ki-moon acknowledged Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war against terrorism.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
U.N. chemical weapons investigators are ready to visit Syria to investigate the use of chemical weapons, but a deal has yet to be reached with the Syrian government after two weeks of talks on safety assurances for the team, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Syrian Prime Minister Wael Al-Halqi on Tuesday called on the Syrians displaced by the ongoing conflict to come back home. “Syria can accommodate all her sons and will emerge stronger from the crisis,” he said during a cabinet meeting chaired by him.
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August 14, 2013 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria İsmail Aramaz has been summoned to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry in order to explain Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ’s recent remarks about Ankara’s intention to gain possession of a Plovdiv mosque and reopen it to prayers.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Wednesday received Romania’s outgoing Ambassador to Armenia Crina Prunariu.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met with the Director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), Alexander Fomin.
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Mali’s president-elect Ibrahim Boubacar Keita began the daunting task on Tuesday of planning the country’s recovery from political crisis, a military coup and war after his rival conceded defeat at the polls. Official results from the nationwide vote have not been announced, but Somaila Cisse congratulated Keita on his victory …
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August 14, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Though results of Mali’s presidential run-off are not to be released till Wednesday, the officialization of the sweeping victory of Ibrahim Boubacar Keiti (IBK) has turned to be a mere formality, as his rival Soumaila Cisse had admitted defeat on Monday evening and confirmed on Tuesday that he would not …
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