South Asian leaders Wednesday admitted their mutual differences, particulary those between India and Pakistan, failed SAARC to overcome key challenges of poverty, climate change and terrorism in the region as they met for their 16th summit in the Bhutan capital Wednesday.

• April 29, 2010

Yerevan will host on May 18-19 a gathering of experts in nuclear energy security who will discuss Armenian Metsamor nuclear power plant’s safe operation.

• April 29, 2010

Russia will revive its bid to join the World Trade Organization on its own rather than as part of a regional group, removing a major obstacle to membership for the largest country outside the bloc.

• April 29, 2010

Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko warned citizens Tuesday to be on guard against Kyrgyz-style turmoil, suggesting outside forces were bent on pushing him from power as a 2011 presidential election approaches.

• April 29, 2010

Uzbek President Islam Karimov set aside disputes with Russia that have strained relations during his visit at the Kremlin, stressing the two countries’ shared concern about instability in Kyrgyzstan.

• April 28, 2010

Russia publishes once-secret files about the 1940 Katyn massacre of Poles, amid a warming in Polish-Russian relations.

• April 28, 2010

European stock and debt markets continue to be hit by worries over Greece's heavily indebted economy, as the euro also falls.

• April 28, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed creating a nuclear power holding company with Ukraine as the two former Soviet republics rebuild ties.

• April 28, 2010