Eurasia

Pakistan and India have shown their readiness to upgrade infrastructure on both sides of the border and remove red tape and technical barriers to trade from the Indian side, a diplomat said on Monday.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Sunday received in Algiers the visiting Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi. Fahmi discussed with the president bilateral relations and ways of developing them.

Around 350 Turkish police officers were removed from their posts in Ankara overnight, in the biggest single reported police shakeup since a corruption probe rocked the government last month.

The situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has “greatly deteriorated” lately and the violence along religious lines between Muslims and Christians has increased significantly, a UN official has warned Under Secretary-

Bulgarian Defense Minister Angel Naydenov revealed Monday that the country’s plans to build a fence on part of its border with Turkey have been hit by a serious delay.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that there is a need to start a new era of strategic relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in order to further broaden and deepen the existing cordial bilateral relations.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi urged here on Monday the African Union (AU) to restore Egypt’s membership suspended after the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi. Fahmi, who was on a two-day visit to Algeria, indicated at a joint press conference with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra that the decision to freeze Egypt’s …

Japan’s foreign minister left for Spain and France on Tuesday, where he was expected to press Tokyo’s case in its spat with China. “I will continue to visit foreign countries actively this year, protect national interests and press ahead with

The Turkish authorities have detained a truck loaded with weapons which was heading to Syria, in the province of Hatay, Turkey.

Itsunori Onodera, Japan’s defense minister, is currently on a four-day visit to India. On Monday he is expected to meet A. K. Antony, his Indian counterpart,  to discuss deepening military ties.