Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq.

• May 25, 2013

Since the 1990s, China's top leaders serve a maximum of two five-year terms. With the last batch of leaders having reached the end of their second term last year, there has been a transition to the 'fifth generation' of leaders since the Chinese Communist Party came to power in Peoples Republic of China in 1949.

• May 23, 2013

IAEA can continue supervision of Iran's nuclear activities without any obstacles, Iran's ambassador to IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh said, Mehr news agency reported.

• May 23, 2013

India has slashed Iranian oil imports by almost a fifth since December, the sharpest cut among Asian buyers, in a move that should increase its chances of winning a new US waiver next month on sanctions targeting oil trade with Iran.

• May 22, 2013

Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

• May 17, 2013

Yesterday, May 15, the second meeting of the Dialogue on Trade Issues, established in accordance with the "Memorandum on cooperation in trade between the Eurasian Economic Commission and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine" was held in Kyiv.

• May 16, 2013

China warned the European Union on Thursday that imposing duties on Chinese solar panels would "seriously harm" bilateral trade ties, upping the tone of its criticism a week after the EU said it would move ahead with hefty penalties in June.

• May 16, 2013

Group of Seven finance officials agreed on Saturday to redouble efforts to deal with failing banks and gave a green light to Japan's drive to galvanize its economy.

• May 13, 2013