Eurasia

Georgian Prime Minister says his country needs to strengthen bilateral political and economic cooperation with Armenia, Turkey and Azerbaijan. Addressing the annual 3-day meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions to Georgia that kicked off Monday, Sept 2, Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili reminded

Israel’s Defense Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday admitting to have successfully tested an ” Ankor” target missile in the Mediterranean Sea, following a Russian report of two ballistic missiles launched in the area.

A panel of Egyptian judges recommended Monday the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood, adding momentum to a push by authorities to ban the ousted president’s main backer and a pillar of political Islam in the region. 

Russia on Tuesday announced that its missile early warning system had detected the launch of two missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the Sea’s eastern coastline.

More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday, lamenting the nearly 10-fold increase from a year ago. “Syria is haemorrhaging women, children and men who cross borders often with little more than the clothes on their backs,” the UNHCR said in …

The White House battled Monday for congressional authorization to bomb Syria, as two top Republicans warned that a “no” vote after President Barack Obama had threatened action would be catastrophic.

Turkish Minister of European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator, Egemen Bagis, said that the decision on a possible international military attack against Syria would be concretised after the G-20 summit in Saint Petersburg on September 5-6. “It is possible for the efforts of the leaders of the G-20 countries …

The bilingual signs with Latin and Cyrillic script which were installed on the from the Vukovar government, police and tax administration buildings on Monday morning were taken down soon afterwards by several dozen Croatian veterans who defended the city which was devastated by Serb forces in the 1990s war.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says an international response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria is unlikely. However, she added, the “slightest chance” to arrive at such a response must be used.

Improving ties with India and Afghanistan is the top priority of Pakistan, which will focus on Southeast Asia and Europe to inject more economic content into ties for much-needed economic revival, a top official has said. At the core of Sharif’s initiatives is the belief that Pakistan’s economic revival is …