Iran agreed to attend talks with the United States and other world powers on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, provided negotiations take place in neighboring Turkey, officials said Sunday. The offer likely was meant to put diplomatic pressure on the U.S. and its allies.

• November 8, 2010

Azerbaijan may consider possibility of creating a joint venture producing oil and gas equipment in Kazakhstan, the Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said in an interview with Trend on the results of the Azerbaijani-Kazakh intergovernmental commission's seventh meeting held in Astana.

• November 7, 2010

Formal approval of long-discussed reform of the International Monetary Fund increases the weight of Brazil, Russia, India and China on the executive board

• November 7, 2010

Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations shouldn't pursue oil pipeline projects in the area if they weren't backed by regional powers.

• November 7, 2010

Leader of the pro-interim government Social-Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK), Almazbek Atambayev, confirmed Thursday that his party was currently negotiating to form a ruling coalition with two other parties.

• November 5, 2010

As President Obama pays his first visit to India this weekend, he may want to take his lead from Mary Kay.

• November 5, 2010

President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam Saturday for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal with the former Soviet-era Communist ally.

• November 4, 2010

Russia will take part in more drug raids in Afghanistan despite strong protests from the Afghan government, the Nato secretary-general has said.

• November 4, 2010