Turkey has boldly displayed its support for Kyrgyzstan, which has endured political and ethnic violence since April, with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu being the sole foreign statesman present when Kyrgyzstan's provisional leader Roza Otunbayeva was sworn in as president on Saturday.

• July 5, 2010

Russia's backyard on a major tour against the background of the discovery of an alleged Cold War-style Russian spy ring in the United States. "Ukraine is a sovereign and independent country that has the right to choose its own alliances and NATO's door

• July 3, 2010

Norway takes over the presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States today. This means that the Norwegian Foreign Minister will serve as president of the council for one year.

• July 3, 2010

US President Barack Obama signs into law new sanctions against Iran intended to impede its nuclear programme.

• July 2, 2010

U.S. Gen. David Petraeus visited NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday to confer with allies before heading to war in Afghanistan to take command of the faltering campaign.

• July 2, 2010

Under the conditions, it is necessary to ask, should Turkey, just like the U.S., invade Iraq to stop terrorists’ maneuvers?

• July 2, 2010

The 11 people arrested and accused of spying for Russia have titillated the tabloids and reminded Cold War veterans of the good old days. But they won't do much damage to U.S.-Russian relations.

• July 2, 2010

Who in their right mind would want to join the euro?

• July 1, 2010