John Kerry

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will be meeting with his American counterpart John Kerry in Sochi, to discuss on Ukraine, Syrian, Yemen and Iran issues, according to the RIA news agency.

The Russian news agency states that Moscow does not expect any significant progress.

US Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for crucial talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on May 12 amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine, both sides said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu and his Qatari counterpart, Khalid bin Muhammad al-Attiyah, have both called for a political solution to end the crisis in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia said all options were open including ground operations to stop mortar attacks on its border towns by Yemen's Houthi militia, as its jets hammered the group's positions ahead of US-led talks on a temporary truce.

The presidential election held on April 26, 2015, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) brought a moderate leftist politician to the presidency. Mustafa Ak?nc?, who ran as an independent, became the fourth president of the TRNC with 60.5 percent of the votes in the runoff while his rival Dervi? Ero?lu, the incumbent president, got only 39.5 percent.

John Kerry made a surprise trip to Somalia on May 5, officials said, becoming the first US secretary of state to visit the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation.

US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Kenya recently, and did not miss the chance to take a little bit of a break and visit the elephant orphanage.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Turkish Cypriot President-elect Mustafa Ak?nc? for his victory in last week?s elections on April 30.

?[Kerry] wished him well as he assumes his role as leader of the Turkish Cypriot community,? U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said during a daily briefing on April 30. 

US top diplomat John Kerry met his Iranian counterpart April 27 hoping to push forward tough nuclear negotiations as they reach the final phase, but also aiming to ease unrest in Yemen.

The US is seeking to block a proposal Gazprom made in Athens on a Greek leg of the so-called "Turkish Stream" pipeline, the Greek Foreign Minister has said.