Eurasia Press & News

Egypt is to attend an international summit of nations participating in the coalition against the self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS), in London on Thursday. The country is to take part in talks co-chaired between British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond and his US counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry. Ministry of Foreign …

France condemned the attack Saturday against the Embassy of Algeria in Tripoli and expressed solidarity with Algeria in counterterrorism, spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Romain Nadal  stressed on Monday. “France condemns the attack against the Embassy of Algeria in Tripoli. We assure the Algerian …

 At least 14 people have been killed and over 100 others wounded in eastern Ukraine in the past day as hostilities between government forces and pro-independence insurgents continued, reports showed Monday. The upsurge in clashes with rebels left at least three Ukrainian soldiers dead and 66 injured, said Andriy Lysenko, …

The European Union has announced it is to launch a security mission to support internal security forces in Mali and armed forces in the Central African Republic. The Council of the European Union, composed of representatives of the 28 EU member states, made the decision on Monday, two days after gunmen attacked a UN …

Pakistan’s armed forces were going after terrorists ‘without any discrimination’, said a military spokesman in a statement to media on Tuesday. “There are no good terrorists. We are going against all terrorists without any discrimination of hue and color,” spokesman General Asim Saleem Bajwa, director general of Pakistan military’s Inter-Services …

The US-led coalition continued to strike ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq, with a total of 19 airstrikes between 8am on January 19, and 8am on January 20, local time, the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement released Tuesday. In Syria, attack, bomber, …

Germany’s Foreign Minister has called for a four-side meeting, alongside Ukraine, Russia and France, to discuss upheaval in violence between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces over the past two days in eastern Ukraine. The meeting, scheduled on Wednesday, will be held at the request of both the foreign ministers of …

French and US Presidents, Francois Hollande and Barack Obama respectively, discussed over the phone Tuesday developments in the Middle East and the fight against terrorism. Hollande thanked Obama for the US support following the “terrorist attacks” that took place in Paris recently, the president’s office said in a statement and …

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has called on all Armenians to jointly seek ways to resolve their historical differences with Turkey, stressing that it is a must for Turks and Armenians to “engage in humane relations and to recognize each other in light of 800 years of common history.” “It’s …

The Mansoura Criminal Court issued verdicts Monday on 75 alleged Muslim Brotherhood supporters in 11 cases of violence, “terrorism” and joining a banned group. The defendants were given sentences ranging from three years to life imprisonment. Three were sentenced to seven years, 33 to five years, two were sentenced to …