US urges democratic reform in Central Asia
The United States is using the recent uprisings in the Middle East to make the case to authoritarian Central Asian states to undertake democratic reform.
Iran slams West nuclear claim
The United States and the EU have once again repeated the unfounded claims questioning the peaceful nature of our nuclear activities without presenting any authenticated evidence, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh told to reporters in the Austrian capital
An Indian-Pakistani nuclear exchange
George Perkovich, director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, confessed to his audience, "Those who really know what's going on in Pakistan's nuclear complex aren't talking about it, and those who are talking, including myself, don't really know what's going on in Pakistan's nuclear complex."
Azerbaijan, Armenia back peaceful resolution of Karabakh
Armenia and Azerbaijan held talks Saturday on the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region, signalling their wish to resolve the conflict peacefully after tensions heightened in recent months.
Philippine planes confront China in disputed South China Sea
Two Philippine military planes chased Chinese patrol boats from disputed waters in the South China Sea on March 2. The Philippine military claims that the patrol boats were harassing a Philippine vessel belonging to a private oil firm conducting seismic explorations of the natural gas and oil reservoirs in the Reed Bank, located 240 kilometers off the west coast of Palawan.
Chechen rebel urges 'total war' with Russia
The Chechen Islamist rebel leader who is Russia's most wanted man has issued an appeal for recruits for a "total war" against the Russian state, in a new video message
Double-digit rise for China's military spending
China has announced a double-digit increase in its secretive military budget but insisted the annual outlay of more than 90 billion US dollars posed no external threat, despite concern worldwide.
India-Asean business fair to leverage Brand India
India’s search for economic and strategic space in changing world order resulted in ‘Look East’ Policy. The bedrock of this policy is to foster economic and security cooperation with our east neighboring countries. Believing in philosophy of the Look East Policy, India is aiming at leveraging its economic and strategic interest by greater integration with East and South-east Asia.
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