Iran faced mounting pressure over its nuclear ambitions when France and China made separate pleas to Tehran ahead of a crucial report next week.

• November 4, 2011

Turkey will address to the International Atomic Energy Agency for closing Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant in Armenia, said Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz, APA reports quoting “Milliyet” newspaper.

• November 4, 2011

Georgia claimed victory on Thursday after arch-foe Moscow agreed to its conditions in a deal paving the way for Russia to end its tortuous 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization.

• November 4, 2011

Turkmenistan's leader said on Thursday energy exports to Europe were a fundamental aspect of his country's foreign policy and reinforced his support for a Western-backed pipeline to bypass Russia and pump gas beneath the Caspian Sea.

• November 3, 2011

Gen. John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Ambassador Simon Gass, Senior Civilian Representative of NATO, welcome the outcomes of the conference in Istanbul on regional security and cooperation for a secure and stable Afghanistan.

• November 3, 2011

On October 25 in Izmir, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, witnessed the signing of agreements on the delivery and transit of Azerbaijani gas to Turkey and onward to European Union territory (Trend, Anatolia news agency, Platts Commodity News, October 26-28).

• November 2, 2011

Kazakhstan is interested in long-term supplies of nuclear fuel to Vietnam and in participation in constructing nuclear power plants in this country, the press service of Kazakh president said on Monday.

• October 31, 2011

okyo - Japan and India agreed Saturday to advance talks on a civilian nuclear cooperation pact, despite the devastating nuclear incident in Japan earlier this year.

• October 29, 2011