The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it made no progress in talks with Iran on Friday to seal a deal on resuming a long-stalled investigation into suspected atom bomb research by the Islamic state and it called the outcome "disappointing".

• June 8, 2012

The leaders of China and Russia have rejected military intervention to stop the violence between government forces and rebels in Syria. The statement comes a day after reports of a massacre by forces loyal to the regime.

• June 7, 2012

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran views Turkmenistan's progress and welfare as if it were its own.

• June 6, 2012

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, urged international support on Tuesday for U.N. envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria, despite calls from Arab and Western states for a tougher response to the bloodshed.

• June 5, 2012

Azerbaijan is interested in placing securities of Kyrgyz emitters, 24.kg reported on Tuesday. This fact was announced at the 14th meeting of CIS Council for Control over Securities Market and in 17th meeting of the EurAsEC Council for Securities Market Control.

• May 29, 2012

Iran's talks with the UN nuclear watchdog about Tehran's atomic activities are going well, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, the second day of discussions.

• May 15, 2012

Russia and Tajikistan are continuing talks over the future of Russian troops in Tajikistan.

• April 24, 2012

China on Wednesday issued a veiled warning to neighboring North Korea not to carry out what is widely expected to be an imminent nuclear test.

• April 24, 2012