Access to the website of RFE/RL's Tajik service, Radio Ozodi, has been blocked in Tajikistan since last night, only days after authorities blocked Facebook inside the country.

• December 1, 2012

Russia is not delivering "destabilizing weapons" to Syria, even though there was no UN embargo in place, said the head of Russia's Presidential Administration on Friday.

• December 1, 2012

North Korea is to carry out its second rocket launch of 2012 as its youthful leader Kim Jong-un flexes his muscles a year after his father's death, in a move that will likely heighten diplomatic tensions and draw criticism from Washington.

• December 1, 2012

Iran has demanded the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) immediately close its investigation into allegations Tehran has a military dimension to its nuclear program.

• November 30, 2012

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has received the delegation headed by Sudan's Presidential Assistant Nafi Ali Nafi, the Azerbaijani foreign ministry said today.

• November 23, 2012

Iraq has scrapped an arms deal worth 4.2 billion dollars with Russia a month after it was struck, an Iraqi lawmaker said in remarks published on Saturday, dpa reported.

• November 10, 2012

The Pentagon is working to encircle Eurasia and to surround the Eurasian Triple Entente composed of China, Russia, and Iran.

• November 8, 2012

An agreement on cooperation in the military sphere was signed between the defense ministries of Azerbaijan and Italy. The document was signed during Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev's visit to Italy, Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

• November 7, 2012