Stability in South Asia will remain a "distant dream" as long as the Kashmir issue remains unresolved and Pakistan must strive for a "just solution" of the dispute, the country's second-highest ranking military official has said.

• June 16, 2012

Russian oil companies are facing fines of hundreds of millions of dollars or more for polluting the atmosphere with excess amounts of flared gas, the newly appointed resources minister said on Saturday.

• June 16, 2012

Russia's chief arms exporter said Friday that his company was shipping advanced defensive missile systems to Syria that could be used to shoot down airplanes or sink ships if the United States or other Western nations try to intervene to halt the country's spiral of violence.

• June 16, 2012

During their third strategic dialogue that was held in Washington this week, the United States and India have agreed to deepen their cooperation in the defense industry, and in maritime and cyber security.

• June 15, 2012

Tajikistan and Iran last week concluded the ninth meeting of the Joint Economic Commission in Tehran, where the two countries signed five agreements in the hydroelectric, oil and health sectors.

• June 15, 2012

The Belarusian government has denounced the U.S. decision to extend a " national emergency" over Washington's relations to Belarus.

• June 15, 2012

Turkmenistan and China have signed a deal making good on Turkmenistan President Gurbanbuly Berdimuhamedow's earlier promise to increase his country's natural gas shipments to China to 65 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y).

• June 14, 2012

Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov and his Afghan counterpart Dr. Zalmay Rassoul discussed the main directions of developing bilateral relations and prospects of further trade, economic and investment cooperation, the Kazakh Foreign Minister reported.

• June 14, 2012