Over 100 Peace Corps volunteers have been pulled out of Kazakhstan, the BBC reported.

• November 28, 2011

Russia is sending a flotilla of warships to its naval base in Syria in a show of force which suggests Moscow is willing to defend its interests in the strife-torn country as international pressure mounts on President Bashar al-Assad's government.

• November 28, 2011

The decision by Iran's parliament to expel the British Ambassador to Tehran demonstrates what the Iranian government really thinks about diplomacy – that it is a complete waste of time.

• November 28, 2011

Chinese officials have made good on their threat to launch a trade investigation of their own into U.S. subsidies for renewable energy products.

• November 26, 2011

The Ukraine-EU summit, which is scheduled for Dec. 19 in Kyiv, will be held despite strained relations between both sides, Interfax-Ukraine reported on Nov. 26 citing Deputy Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, who heads Ukraine’s delegations to the EU which is negotiating the association agreement.

• November 26, 2011

Tajikistan and the China Development Bank (CDB) discussed the bilateral cooperation between two parts and the joint projects, Asia-Plus reported referring to the Tajik Ministry of Finance Secretariat.

• November 26, 2011

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov on Thursday continued his China state visit in Shenzhen, an open coastal city and a leading special economic zone in the southern province of Guangdong.

• November 25, 2011

Russian market should not be the only for the Georgian companies, since it is very unstable, Georgian Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Vera Kobalia said on Friday commenting on "Sarajishvili" company's return to the Russian market.

• November 25, 2011