Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi asked Turkey to meditate and involve in releasing 47 Iranian pilgrims whom have been kidnapped by rebels in Syria, IRNA reported.

• August 4, 2012

“The two countries’ officials have decided to help people in Islamic country of Pakistan be provided with Iranian gas as soon as possible,” Larijani told his Pakistani counterpart Nayer Hossein Bokhari.

• August 4, 2012

Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan discussed the possibility of a project of joint building an oil refinery in the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz government said on Friday.

• August 3, 2012

Today, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Arab countries Hossein Amir Abdollahian went on a visit to Moscow, the agency MEHR reported on Friday.

• August 3, 2012

A sea agreement was signed in Moscow, following a meeting of Russian-Turkmen intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, media outlets reported on Thursday citing the press service of the Russian government.

• August 3, 2012

ISSUE #29
07/30/2012
Even though Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych expressed concern over the launch of criminal cases against some media outlets and issued an order to check the legality of actions, the Kiev prosecutor's office is continuing to investigate a criminal case against staff members of the Lb.ua news and analysis website. READ MORE

• August 3, 2012

India has reversed its ban on foreign investment from Pakistan in a move designed to build goodwill amid a renewed push for a peace settlement between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours.

• August 2, 2012

The United States has provided over $25 billion in direct overt aid and military reimbursements to Pakistan since 9/11 according to updates released by the US Congress Research Service to a report released in April this year. Of this, nearly $17 billion has been under various security related programs and over $8 billion for economic support programs.

• August 2, 2012