Russia and Syria have discussed Israel's airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital.

• May 7, 2013

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Said Jalili, in Istanbul on May 15, EU officials said.

• May 4, 2013

A well-known Central Asia expert from Russia's Oriental Studies Institute, Aleksandr Knyazev, has been banned from reentering Kyrgyzstan.

• May 4, 2013

A well-known Central Asia expert from Russia's Oriental Studies Institute, Aleksandr Knyazev, has been banned from reentering Kyrgyzstan.

• May 4, 2013

From May 15, 2013 Ukraine will receive European gas via one more reverse route via Slovakia, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky has said.

• May 3, 2013

Turkish officials hint that a Japanese-French consortium will see off its Chinese competitor to win the tender on Turkey’s second nuclear plant

• April 30, 2013

The Kremlin has announced that Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama have agreed to increase cooperation on counter-terrorism in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

• April 20, 2013

Representatives of a Ukrainian think tank deplored the lack of understanding between Kyiv and Brussels on energy issues and called for a permanent expert panel to be created to improve communication.

• April 19, 2013