U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran that time is running out for negotiations on its suspected nuclear weapons program.

• April 8, 2013

The recent show of force by the United States marks one of the lowest points in modern diplomacy, but beyond the geopolitical theatrics it turns out that very little is actually known about the North Korean threat.

• April 6, 2013

World powers and Iran have begun two days of talks on Tehran's nuclear program.

• April 5, 2013

Azerbaijan responded to Iran's note of protest, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev told Trend today.

• April 4, 2013

Russia on Wednesday said it was worried by the "explosive" North Korea situation, saying even a simple human error could cause the crisis to spiral out of control.

• April 3, 2013

In a recently hosted international panel by Voice of Russia America to discuss the second anniversary of the conflict in Syria, Mikhail Roschin, EGF Affiiated Expert on radical Islam in the North Caucasus and Central Asia speaks about the national uprisings that put Syria on the path to civil war and so far more than 70,000 people have been killed in the violence between rebel opposition groups and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. To listen to this discussion, please click here.

• April 3, 2013

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said the North Korea "crisis has gone too far" after Pyongyang announced plans to restart its main Yongbyon nuclear complex.

• April 2, 2013

The surprise military exercises in the Black Sea Russian President Vladimir Putin called for are reaching their conclusion.

• March 31, 2013