Eurasia

France on Sunday called on Saudi Arabia and Qatar to help find a solution to the crisis in Egypt as it received senior diplomats from the two rival regional powers.

As ambassadors from the 28 members of the European Union gather in Brussels to “urgently review” a €5 billion aid package to Egypt, the interim government in Cairo has criticised the move.

Militants fired rocket-propelled grenades at two buses in the Sinai on Monday killing 24 policemen, as Egypt’s military chief vowed a “forceful” response to violence roiling the Arab world’s most populous nation.

The European Union (EU) held a first round of emergency talks today on the spiralling bloodshed in Egypt amid warnings the bloc was ready to “urgently review” ties with the country.

Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Thursday’s attacks staged in various regions of Iraqi capital Baghdad killing numerous civilians in a statement released on Friday. “We wish God’s mercy upon those who lost their lives in the sad incidents, offer our condolences to the families of the victims and a speedy …

Turkey will make every effort to resolve the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday, speaking at the third Summit of the Cooperation Council of Turkic-Speaking States in Gabala (Azerbaijan).

The office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has dispatched 33 trucks loaded with core relief items to the Syrians displaced by conflict and trapped in their own territory.

A United Nations team is poised to fly to Syria to investigate allegations that chemical weapons have been used during the bloody civil war, the secretary-general’s office said Wednesday.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has called upon all parties in Parliament to ensure stability and prevent their political confrontation from spreading into society.

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday welcomed the landslide victory of Ibrahim Boubarca Keita in Mali’s presidential election. In a statement, Hollande praised the large turnout that was “an evidence of the commitment of the Malian voters to restore democracy.”