Eurasia

The meeting between Turkish president Abdullah Gül, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, was delayed. It is scheduled to take place on Thursday at the Turkish capital, Ankara.

Turkish Ambassador in Cairo Huseyin Avni Botsali, who was recalled on Friday for consultation following Wednesday’s crackdown by the Egyptian army on anti-coup protesters in Cairo, will inform on Monday the meeting of Council of Ministers on Egypt.

The Syrian army has recaptured rebel-held positions in Latakia, home province of President Bashar al-Assad, state-run SANA news agency reported Monday quoting a military source.

N inspectors arrived in the Syrian capital on Sunday, on a mission to investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons, as Syria’s government vowed to fully cooperate with them. Syrian plainclothes security men whisked away the 20-member team, led by Swedish

24 long-term and 300 short-term OSCE observers will arrive in Georgia on September 16, Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maya Pandzhikidze informed reporters. According to her, they will become acquainted

Russia is preparing tighter customs controls with Ukraine in case Kiev makes the “suicidal” move of signing an association agreement with the European Union, an aide to President Vladimir Putin was

Tunisia was to push ahead on Monday with talks to resolve a political crisis sparked by the assassination of an opposition politician last month, but with no signs of compromise. The ruling Islamist Ennahda party was to hold fresh talks with the powerful UGTT trade union to try and find …

Tunisia’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Friday evening the Egyptian ambassador in Tunis. The Foreign Ministry expressed its concern in light

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.