July 25, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday (July 23rd) to strengthen the Union’s role in efforts to determine the final status of Kosovo.
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July 25, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with members of Kosovo’s negotiating team — the Unity Group — on Monday (July 23rd), and urged Kosovo leaders to continue talks on final status with Belgrade, rather than declaring independence unilaterally.
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July 25, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, who faced the death penalty in Libya until last week, were pardoned by Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov on Tuesday (July 24th), less than an hour after they landed in Sofia.
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July 25, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News
As Sunday’s (July 22nd) elections ended with a landslide victory for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), reaction from the international community was positive.
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July 25, 2007 Islamic World News, Islamic-World
Egypt’s official religious adviser has ruled that Muslims are free to change their faith as it is a matter between an individual and God, in a move which could have far-reaching implications for the country’s Christians.
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July 25, 2007 Iran, Iran News
At a second meeting with his Iranian counterpart in two months, the US ambassador blasted Tehran on Tuesday for arming and training Shiite militias but agreed to set up a security subcommittee with Iran and Iraq to carry forward work on stabilising the country.
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July 25, 2007 Balkan News, Balkans, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Six foreign medics sentenced to death then life imprisonment in Libya in a controversial AIDS case were free in the Bulgarian capital Tuesday after the EU struck a multi-million-dollar financial and trade deal with Tripoli.
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July 25, 2007 Islamic World News, Islamic-World, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit are expected in Israel today for talks to activate an Arab peace initiative.
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July 25, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
KING ABDULLAH on Tuesday discussed with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice international efforts to move forward peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.
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July 25, 2007 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Military activity in Chechnya and neighboring Ingushetia significantly increased. According to official data, 24 kafir and munafiqs were eliminated and wounded in one day in Chechnya and Ingushetia.
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