Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian state that experienced the Tulip Revolution in 2005, is once again going through a bout of political instability, one with uncertain ramifications for President Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s administration.

• April 7, 2010

Rusmet reported that till recent time rebar was the easiest touch in the Middle East long products market.

• April 6, 2010

Foreign investors could take advantage of opportunities in the Pakistani energy sector through domestic partnerships, the Pakistani president said.

• April 6, 2010

Russia still hopes for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear programme, a deputy foreign minister said Monday, as the West steps up pressure for new sanctions against

• April 6, 2010

The bodies of 3 German soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Good Friday have arrived home. For those who've seen a comrade die in battle often, the haunting memories are difficult to forget once they are back home.

• April 6, 2010

The upcoming construction of a second nuclear power plant in Armenia increases the risk for the region, the director of the center for geo-environmental monitoring of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, Ali Aliyev, told Trend News on April 5

• April 6, 2010

Pakistan should develop broad-based relations, particularly in energy projects, and improve people-to-people contacts with the Central Asian Republics (CARs), which are the centre of global attention, mainly because of their huge natural resources.

• April 3, 2010

The Iraqi political grouping of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr holds its own a referendum on who should be the country's prime minister.

• April 2, 2010