Tehran's Foreign Minister Salehi has played down talk of withdrawing from IAEA or NPT, but parliament speaker adamant about reconsidering cooperation in light of recent damning report.

• November 21, 2011

The Philippines on Monday expressed its interest in acquiring military helicopters, boats and aircraft from South Korea as part of efforts to boost its military capabilities amid growing tensions with China in the disputed South China Sea.

• November 21, 2011

In keeping with its new focus on Central Asian nations, Indian Army chief Gen. V.K. Singh is on a three-day visit to Uzbekistan, where he held a free-wheeling discussion with its military leadership, seeking to enhance defence relations and furthering existing military exchanges, officers said here

• November 19, 2011

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday confirmed the need for assurance that the US missile defense system is not in any way aimed at his country, reported local television.

• November 19, 2011

Defense ministers Safar Abiyev and Mikhail Yejel discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation, press service of the Ukrainian defense ministry said. They signed the bilateral cooperation and action plans for 2012.

• November 18, 2011

Italy, Japan and 10 other countries joined in on the draft resolution by the Iran Six that is expected to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors on Friday.

• November 18, 2011

Russia will support Kazakhstan and Belarus in their efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Moscow itself joins the trade bloc, Russia's top WTO negotiator Maxim Medvedkov said

• November 17, 2011

The United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it wanted to send representatives to Iran to seek answers from the Islamic republic about a report containing intelligence that Tehran has worked on developing a nuclear weapon, dpa reported.

• November 17, 2011