Cairo is expected to host Aguila Saleh, the Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), on Thursday. Saleh's arrival in Cairo ends a tour that included Russia, Switzerland, Algeria, Morocco and Jordan, during which he promoted his (...)
Statements coming from former Afghan government chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and, more importantly, the Taliban have been expressing the view that the much-awaited intra-Afghan talks between the Taliban and the (...)
The US Embassy in Moscow said Tuesday it had no information on the whereabouts of an American convicted in June of espionage, despite reports that he is being transferred to a prison colony in central Russia.
Paul Whelan's brother David said Tuesday (...)
Parties to the domestic conflict in Libya are still on alert on the ground along the coast of the Mediterranean around Sirte, extending west from the main ports of the oil crescent (Al-Zueitina, Brega, Ras Lanuf, Sidra) to the eastern town of (...)
President Donald Trump said he never questioned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan, casting doubt on the reports in an interview.
Trump, who has sought to (...)
Azerbaijanis and Armenians have engaged in a series of fights and violent rampages in Moscow, venting their anger over recent cross-border clashes between the two ex-Soviet nations.
Moscow police said Saturday they have detained over 30 people on (...)
Russia appears to be sending more military equipment to its mercenaries in Libya, including the flashpoint city of Sirte, in breach of an arms embargo, the US military said.
Its Africa Command said there was mounting evidence from satellite pictures (...)
Voters should be on high alert for foreign interference in the Nov. 3 U.S. election, the U.S. counterintelligence agency chief said on Friday in a rare warning that the public should screen information, check online sources and report suspicious (...)
The United States accused Russia on Thursday of conducting a test of an anti-satellite weapon in space, asserting that it exposed Moscow's intent to deploy weapons that threaten US and allied satellites.
In Moscow, the Defense Ministry said the July (...)
Turkey and Russia agreed at talks in Ankara to continue joint efforts to create conditions for a lasting and sustainable ceasefire in Libya and are considering the creation of a joint working group, a joint statement said on Wednesday.
The (...)
صافح وزير الخارجية الروسى سيرجى لافروف، نظيره الإيرانى محمد جواد ظريف، الذى يزور اليوم العاصمة الروسية موسكو، بالكتف لتجنب عدوى فيروس كورونا المستجد "كوفيد9".
وخلال مؤتمر صحفي مشترك مع نظيره الإيراني، محمد جواد ظريف، عقد في ختام محادثات أجرياها في (...)
As ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials continue to boast of the grand success of Ankara's interventions in Syria and Libya, its persistence in drilling for gas in the Eastern Mediterranean and other policies, both foreign and (...)
In a historic meeting on Monday, Egyptian MPs voted in favour of granting President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi a mandate to send “elements of the Armed Forces on combat missions outside Egypt's borders in order to defend Egypt's national security.”
At the (...)
On 18 July, the Pentagon confirmed that Turkey sent 4,000 mercenaries to Libya during the first three months of this year. In a report on combating terrorism in Africa, it added that Turkey provided funds and citizenship to thousands of combatants (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Azerbaijan and Armenia on Monday to exercise maximum restraint after border clashes between the long-feuding former Soviet republics.
"The secretary-general is following with deep concern the (...)
3Sayed Amin Shalabi sets out to review changes in the world order in the last two decades, detailing the relative decline of the US and the rise of such powers as Russia and China. Reviewing not only the present moment but also the last few (...)
President Vladimir Putin named a new acting governor to head Russia's Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk on Monday after the previous regional head was arrested on murder charges, sparking a wave of protests.
At least 10,000 people demonstrated in (...)
Germany's World Cup winner Andre Schuerrle announced his retirement from football at the age of 29 on Friday, two days after his contract with Borussia Dortmund was terminated by mutual consent.
Schuerrle, who won the World Cup with Germany in 2014, (...)
Britain, the United States and Canada accused Russian hackers on Thursday of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a coronavirus vaccine, warning scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be alert for suspicious (...)
Dozens of people were arrested at a protest in Moscow on Wednesday against constitutional reforms that give President Vladimir Putin the option to remain in power for another 16 years, witnesses and a monitoring group said.
About 500 demonstrators, (...)
Seven Azeri soldiers and a civilian and four Armenian servicemen were killed on Tuesday in the third day of border clashes between countries that fought a war in the 1990s over the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The international community (...)
Due to Turkish insistence to remain militarily involved in Libya, the south of the Mediterranean is full of tensions, on both the political and military levels. Egypt, France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus have all taken steps to ensure the security of (...)
Egypt said on Monday that the talks brokered by the African Union (AU) between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) had ended without an agreement.
At the end of 10 days of negotiations differences between (...)
Predictions on forthcoming developments in the Libyan crisis fluctuate between escalation and de-escalation. In Egypt, the intensive land and naval manoeuvres conducted along its western borders recently give the impression of preparations in (...)
The US State Department on Thursday said the United States welcomed China's commitment to arms control negotiations and that "prudent next steps" should include face-to-face meetings between US and Chinese officials.
State Department spokeswoman (...)
