President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Friday with Kyrgyz leader Rosa Otunbayeva amid U.S. expectations that her country can become the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake outlined U.S. policy in the region at a briefing in New York.

• September 23, 2010

Turkey will consult with the US on ensuring financing for its legal trade with neighboring Iran, Trade Minister Zafer Çağlayan said on Wednesday.

• September 22, 2010

Turkmenistan will push forward the creation of a new UN body to monitore energy supplies, the country's president, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, said during a meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York.

• September 21, 2010

A spokesman says Defense Secretary Robert Gates shares Israel's concerns that Russia plans to sell Syria anti-ship cruise missiles.

• September 21, 2010

Is Iran really hell-bent on becoming a nuclear-armed state? Or will it settle for nuclear capability, able to make weapons but choosing not to? Does the difference matter?

• September 21, 2010

Israel criticized Russia on Monday for planning to sell anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, saying the advanced weapons could be transferred to Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.

• September 21, 2010

The Czech Republic has a big choice to make as it moves to boost nuclear generating capacity: whether to align the country's energy sector with Russia or the West.

• September 21, 2010

On 18 September 18, 2010 the Turkish power system was synchronized with the interconnected power systems of Continental Europe.

• September 21, 2010