The Indian government has said that it will not rush into talks with Pakistan over the recent military tensions at the international border in the disputed territory of Kashmir even as ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi Friday made it clear that the country's dialogue with its immediate neighbors must be based on the accepted principles of civilized behavior.

• January 19, 2013

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed the need at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers to consider the issue of Turkmenistan's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Turkmen government said today.

• January 19, 2013

In the short term, construction of ship repair and construction plant in the Caspian port of Turkmenbashi is planned, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported.

• January 19, 2013

U.N. inspectors failed again in talks in Tehran this week to secure a breakthrough deal on Iran's atomic activity in a setback for diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear dispute with the Islamic state peacefully.

• January 18, 2013

China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, though a year-end spurt supported by infrastructure spending and a jump in trade signaled the foundation for the stable growth path Beijing says is vital for economic reform may be in sight.

• January 18, 2013

Armenian Defence Minister Seyran Ohanyan would not mind hosting a Russian radar station on its territory, News-Armenia reported.

• January 18, 2013

Kazakhstan can become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2013, Prime news agency quoted WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy as saying on Thursday.

• January 17, 2013

Lately, Iranian media has been covering the latest achievements of the defense industry of the country. Iran has recently completed Navy military exercises "Velayat-91" and "Great Prophet-7." The Iranian Navy and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) successfully tested new military devices.

• January 17, 2013