Afghan officials have said the removal of the flag and nameplate from the Taliban's Qatar office is not enough.

• June 20, 2013

North Korea has expressed willingness to restart long-stalled nuclear talks with international partners, China's foreign ministry has said.

• June 20, 2013

ISSUE # 20
06/17/2013
President Viktor Yanukovych said on 13 June 2013 that he could not see a reason why Ukraine should be deprived of the EU membership prospect. READ MORE

• June 19, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin faced further isolation on the second day of a G8 summit on Tuesday as world leaders lined up to pressure him into toning down his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

• June 18, 2013

Emerging markets are suffering a sharp pullback by investors fearful of a shock from China just as confidence in the world economy, and the euro zone in particular, rises, according to a survey of fund managers.

• June 18, 2013

A senior North Korean official who has been the country's negotiator at denuclearization talks will visit Beijing this week, China said on Monday, although analysts were skeptical Pyongyang was about to make concessions on its nuclear program.

• June 17, 2013

Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security Council, will not permit no-fly zones to be imposed over Syria, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Monday.

• June 17, 2013

For the first time in the Turkmenistan's history, there will be a lawmaker in parliament who is not a member of the ruling party.

• June 15, 2013