Azeri Ambassador to Tehran Javanshir Akhundov says the Republic of Azerbaijan is considering visa waivers for Iranian nationals. “A special committee is mulling visa waivers for Iranian nationals and we are optimistic about the settlement of the issue in the near future,” Akhundov said in an address to the administrative …

Egypt has prevented a group of 100 European and American female activists from reaching the besieged Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities stopped the women at the Cairo airport on Thursday, as they attempted to cross the Sinai Peninsula to spend the International Women’s Day in Gaza on Saturday. On Wednesday, police …

Russia and the United States remain on a collision course over the restive Ukrainian region with Washington saying Moscow is violating Ukraine’s sovereignty. US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the escalating Ukraine crisis on telephone for an hour on Thursday. Obama told Putin that “Russia’s …

French forces say they have killed at least twelve people in Mali during a military operation in a northern region of the African country. French army spokesman Gilles Jaron said on Thursday that the people were killed in Mali’s mountainous Adrar des Ifoghas region on Tuesday. France claims that the …

Ukraine’s former prime minister has urged Europe to take strong action over Crimea’s attempt to join Russia, saying her country was too weak to fend for itself. Yulia Tymoshenko made the remarks on Thursday at a meeting of the European People’s Party, the largest bloc in the European Parliament. “If …