The recent show of force by the United States marks one of the lowest points in modern diplomacy, but beyond the geopolitical theatrics it turns out that very little is actually known about the North Korean threat.

• April 6, 2013

Kazakhstan's press service says that President Nursultan Nazarbayev has discussed the development of bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sector during an official visit to China.

• April 6, 2013

Ukraine has not received concrete complaints from Russia concerning gas supplies from Europe, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky has said.

• April 5, 2013

The Russian government, the expert community in Moscow and the national economic elite are actively discussing the economic future of the nation and possible drastic financial policy changes as the economy slumps into potentially long-term stagflation, which may fundamentally destabilize the regime.

• April 5, 2013

Azerbaijan may sign a readmission agreement with the European Union (EU), Deputy Chief of the State Migration Service (SMS) Parviz Musayev said at the presentation ceremony of the project entitled 'Support for the creation of effective readmission management in the South Caucasus' by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Baku.

• April 4, 2013

Azerbaijan responded to Iran's note of protest, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev told Trend today.

• April 4, 2013

Authorities in the Russian city of St. Petersburg have investigated the operations of the international Catholic charity group Caritas.

• April 4, 2013

Russia on Wednesday said it was worried by the "explosive" North Korea situation, saying even a simple human error could cause the crisis to spiral out of control.

• April 3, 2013