One of the first cables released by the website WikiLeaks was a May, 2009 cable regarding the delay of removing High Enriched Uranium (HEU) by the U.S. from Pakistan's Atomic Research Reactor-1 (PARR) near Islamabad. In 2007, the Pakistani government agreed to allow the U.S. to ship the unknown quantity of HEU back to the U.S.

• December 14, 2010

Russia's controversial transport blockade of Georgia is threatening to inflict considerable economic damage on Armenia, the Russian regional ally that uses Georgian territory as its main commercial conduit to the outside world. The government in Yerevan is now scrambling to minimize negative consequences of the sanctions for a large number of Armenian businesses trading with Russia.

• December 14, 2010

Turkmenistan has moved closer to opening another market for its natural gas reserves after signing an agreement for a pipeline to India via Afghanistan.

• December 14, 2010

Iran's president, on a visit to China, has criticised the world's nuclear powers for wanting "to monopolise" the technology for their own gain.

• December 13, 2010

Reflecting their desire to deepen the strategic partnership, India and Germany have for the first time discussed the possibilities of entering into bilateral cooperation in civil nuclear energy.

• December 13, 2010

With Turkey's foreign policy not based on a zero-sum game, the country tries to maximize its relations with all countries to be an effective player in the region, and eventually in the world, according to Gökhan Çetinsaya, the rector of İstanbul Şehir University.

• December 13, 2010

Ahmet Davutoglu is the first Turkish foreign minister visiting Turkmenistan in nine years.

• December 13, 2010

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the real GDP in countries in the Middle East and Central Asia to hit 5.7 percent in 2010 and 5.4 percent in 2011, IMF Regional Economist Niklas Vestelius said.

• December 11, 2010