September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News
Three Malian soldiers were wounded in clashes with separatist Tuareg rebels on Wednesday, the army said, the first clashes since the two sides signed a ceasefire deal in June.
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
UN experts would “probably” publish their findings on an chemicalattack in Syria on Monday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday. In an interview with RTL radio, the minister stressed there was no doubt that forces loyalto Syrian
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
US secretary of state John Kerry has arrived in Geneva to meet Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov as the UN tries to forge an international plan to disarm the Syrian government of its chemical weapons.
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia
The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia here Dr. Abdul-Aziz Ibrahim Al Ghadeer met with the Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday, said an official press release. The Saudi ambassador congratulated the President on assuming his new responsibilities as President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan-Saudi bilateral relations were
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Russian and US chemical weapons experts and top diplomats will attend a meeting on the Syrian crisis later today that will be held in Switzerland, Russia’s foreign minister said Thursday.
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkey and Iraq have reached an agreement to reinstate bilateral ties, Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi stated in a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Cemil Çiçek.
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Pakistan, South East Asia, Turkey
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s upcoming visit to Turkey will mainly focus on economic cooperation and he will encourage Turkish business leaders to invest in the country, the Foreign Ministry said. Nawaz Sharif will pay a three day official visit to Turkey from September 16-18 at the invitation of his …
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September 12, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Turkey
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday he was doubtful that President Bashar al-Assad would fulfil his pledge to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, and said he was buying time for new “massacres”.
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September 11, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
France said Wednesday it would remain poised to launch military action against Syria over its use of chemical weapons despite ongoing attempts to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
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September 11, 2013 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Turkey
Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, will pay a three-day official visit to Turkey from next Monday for talks on bilateral relations, focusing on economic cooperation, state media reported on Wednesday.
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