Eurasia Press & News

Tunisia’s ruling party and opposition groups on Saturday (October 5th) signed a roadmap agreement aimed at ending the months-long political crisis. The deal calls for the nomination of an independent prime minister by the end of next week, who would then have two weeks to form a cabinet.

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Tuesday that relations with the United States would not be affected by a U.S. military raid that captured an al Qaeda suspect in Tripoli, but he said Libyan suspects should be tried in in their own country.

Suspected radical Islamic militants fired a series of mortar bombs early Monday on the northern Malian town of Gao, residents said, marking the first such attack in months after the French-led military operation drove the jihadists from power.

Bombs exploded across the Iraqi capital on Oct. 7, killing at least 38 people, police said, as suspected Sunni Islamist militants pursued a campaign to provoke intercommunal conflict. Eight of the 10 blasts in Baghdad were in mainly Shi’ite districts, but there was also an explosion in a mixed area and another …

The head of NATO expressed concern Oct.7 over Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defense system with a Chinese firm, saying he expected Ankara to choose a system that was compatible with those of other allies. Turkey has said it is likely to sign a $3.4 billion missile defense deal with a Chinese firm …

China’s Foreign Ministry dismissed concerns about Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defense system with a Chinese firm, saying on Tuesday that the United States and others were needlessly politicising a purely commercial deal.

The Turkish army has started building a wall alongside the Nusaybin district, bordering Syria, to prevent the illegal passing of immigrants, according to Turkish media. Construction vehicles are currently continuing the work at the border by Nusaybin, which is located right across from Syria’s Qamishli. The wall is set to be two-meters high, and will have barbed wire …

The United Nations expects another two million Syrians to become refugees in 2014. A further 2.25 million people are expected to be displaced within the country, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Monday.

Separatist rebels in northern Mali say they’re returning to a peace accord with the government about a week after they said they were suspending their participation. The announcement late on Saturday was made in neighbouring Burkina

France on Saturday lauded the roadmap adopted by the participants in the inaugural session of the Tunisian national dialogue to emerge from the current political crisis. France hopes that the dialogue will continue with the spirit of responsibility until the completion of