Iran does not want nuclear weapons but if it did, no world power could prevent it from obtaining one, local media quoted the country's Supreme Leader as saying on Saturday, Feb 16.

• February 16, 2013

The Iran nuclear crisis has now reached a new and potentially dangerous equilibrium between stiff Western sanctions on the one hand and the rapid progress of Iran's nuclear program on the other.

• February 15, 2013

Oddball, outlandish and eternally secretive, the country has provided a rich seam of humour for the world's comedians.

• February 15, 2013

Ukraine is interested in the resumption of Turkmen natural gas supply, Azerbaijan's Trend news agency quoted Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych as saying.

• February 14, 2013

A strategic partnership”: So Iran and Russia describe the series of security, economic and cultural agreements they’ve signed together in the past few weeks.

• February 14, 2013

North Korea has tested three atomic bombs and is widely believed capable of firing a nuclear warhead. But in the eyes of the United States, North Korea most definitely is not a nuclear weapons state.

• February 14, 2013

President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have signed a joint Ukrainian-Turkmen Communique.

• February 13, 2013

A North Korean nuclear test draws international condemnation, modest U.N. sanctions and expressions of hope in the United States that China will finally rein in its brazen ally.

• February 13, 2013