The Gillard government has conspicuously softened Australia's tone towards China's military expansion in an apparent bid to consolidate relations with a key trading partner and emerging superpower.

• May 3, 2013

The U.S. Trade Representative's office criticized China on Wednesday for failing to stop the growing theft of American trade secrets that are the lifeblood of U.S. economic might, in the latest sign of Washington's frustration with the problem.

• May 2, 2013

NATO member Turkey signed up on Friday to became a "dialogue partner" of a security bloc dominated by China and Russia, and declared that its destiny is in Asia.

• April 29, 2013

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it will restart talks with Iran in May over its disputed nuclear program.

• April 25, 2013

Romania is closely cooperating with the Government of Azerbaijan to ensure the success of the Nabucco gas pipeline project, Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta said during a session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Thursday, in response to a question of Azerbaijani Parliamentarian Ganira Pashayeva

• April 25, 2013

Regional security was on the agenda when Bulgarian and Georgian defence ministers met in Sofia. The Georgian Defence Ministry said today that the topic has become one of the most important issues during the meeting between Irakli Alasania and his Bulgarian counterpart Todor Tagarev.

• April 25, 2013

Russia is studying changes to the US missile defence programme, but still wants guarantees that the system would not be used against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.

• April 24, 2013

China said on Wednesday that "provocative actions" would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the United States amid tension between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed islands.

• April 24, 2013