Egypt has blamed Ethiopia for the failure of the latest round of talks on the construction of a controversial Nile dam, a critical issue for Cairo as it seeks to protect its main source of [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly had “frank and very productive” talks Wednesday. According to reports covering the Turkish President’s visit to Turkey, the bilateral talks between the two leaders [ More … ]
Israeli parliament votes to hold new elections after Netanyahu fails to form coalition Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before voting in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo) Israeli Prime [ More … ]
Senior delegates from Egypt arrived in the besieged Gaza strip on Sunday, ahead of talks designed to unite Palestine’s Fatah and Hamas groups. Egyptian delegates arrived in Gaza on the eve of a fresh attempt [ More … ]
Sudan has reiterated its keenness for successful meetings next week on the disputed area of Abyei, said the Sudanese foreign minister following a meeting with a visiting tripartite delegation from the African Union, United Nations [ More … ]
Representatives from Turkey, Russia and Iran – guarantor powers in the Astana talks – kicked off the sixth round of a high-level trilateral meeting in Tehran, in a bid to reach a consensus on de-escalation zones in Syria, on [ More … ]
Jean-Claude Juncker insists ‘it is better for both sides’ to maintain dialogue European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has opposed calls for ending EU membership talks with Turkey amid political tensions between Ankara and several European [ More … ]
Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour Wednesday starts an official visit to Bulgaria for talks to develop bilateral relations. Bulgaria reopened its embassy in Khartoum in 2005 after its closure in 1990 citing civil war and [ More … ]
Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged talks to resolve ongoing disputes with Turkey on German lawmakers’ visits to troops stationed in Turkey as part of NATO missions. In an interview with public television ARD on Sunday, [ More … ]
Turkey rejects any proposals to drop European Union accession talks in favor of cooperation in other areas, its EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik said on Thursday ahead of a European Parliament vote on suspending Turkey’s [ More … ]
Foreign ministers from the three guarantor powers – Britain, Greece and Turkey – will take part in security discussions, alongside the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akinci, Eide said on [ More … ]
Sudan President Omer al-Bashir has arrived in Saudi Arabia Monday on his first visit to the Kingdom since the eruption of the Gulf crisis. He was received at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah by [ More … ]
Doha will not take part in any negotiations on ending the Gulf diplomatic crisis until the neighbouring states lift their blockade, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Monday. Qatar’s foreign minister called on neighbouring states to [ More … ]
Turkish Foreign minister says, after holding talks in Qatar and Kuwait, ‘problem can’t be solved with embargoes and sanctions’. As the rift between Qatar and the Saudi-led bloc enters its second week, Turkey’s Foreign Minister [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and Israel are in talks to establish economic ties, a dramatic move that would put the Jewish state on a path to normal relations with the bastion of Sunni Islam and guardian of [ More … ]
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