U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called for sanctions against Iran after the Islamic Republic brushed off U.S. concerns and test-fired two ballistic missiles that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel.

• Date: 09.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

China is taking a "distinctly Chinese approach" to national security with a raft of new laws, including one on counterterrorism, the third-ranked leader said on Wednesday, offering a strong rebuttal to Western criticism.

• Date: 09.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 09.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

China sees little reason for optimism that relations with Japan will improve, China's Foreign Minister said on Tuesday, accusing "two-faced" Tokyo of constantly seeking to make trouble.

• Date: 08.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 08.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired several ballistic missiles on Tuesday, state television said, challenging a United Nations resolution and drawing a threat of a diplomatic response from the United States.

• Date: 08.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 08.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Russia's embassy in Kiev sent a note of protest to Ukraine's foreign ministry on Sunday about attacks on the embassy's cars, the RIA news agency quoted embassy spokesman Oleg Grishin as saying.

• Date: 08.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 08.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Turkmenistan's president has complained that there is major corruption in the Central Asian country’s oil and gas industries, in an unusually public statement made on state television.

• Date: 07.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2016  |  Energy  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

The head of the UN's nuclear agency has suggested that Iran's initial compliance with a nuclear deal is only a first step, saying Tehran must continue to honor its commitments in the years ahead.

• Date: 07.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Russia's Defense Ministry has said it was ready to give access to its military bases in Syria for humanitarian aid deliveries.

• Date: 07.03.2016  |  Published on EGF: 07.03.2016  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/