The Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will take part in a joint project for construction of a railway connecting cities in three countries to each other, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.

• April 25, 2011

A high-ranking U.S. official will visit Turkey next week to discuss avenues for cooperation on freezing the assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as per U.N. sanctions, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.

• April 23, 2011

The European Union needs Turkey more than Turkey needs to be part of the bloc, Turkey's chief negotiator for EU talks said Thursday in Istanbul.

• April 23, 2011

Armed US Predator drones are to carry out missions over Libya, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.

• April 22, 2011

Parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted new customs duties on a number of basic commodity items, as decided at parliamentary session

• April 22, 2011

Georgia's parliament has annulled an agreement with Russia allowing Moscow to use its territory as a transit nation for a Russian military base in Armenia

• April 21, 2011

Japan has made it illegal to enter a 20km (12-mile) evacuation zone around the stricken Fukushima nuclear reactor.

• April 21, 2011

Libya's foreign minister says a British plan to send a military team to advise rebels fighting Col Gaddafi would harm chances of peace in the country.

• April 20, 2011