Russian foreign minister calls for clarity in Iranian nuclear issues
Clarity is needed in all Iranian nuclear program issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Abkhazia playing power games with Russian missiles
Two years ago, Abkhazia declared its independence from Georgia with Russian support. This summer, the breakaway republic announced its possession of Russian missiles in a bid to demonstrate its claimed sovereignty.
Private military firms likely to stay in Iraq, Afghanistan despite criticism
President Hamid Karzai says he wants them out of Afghanistan, while US President Barack Obama is planning to use them in Iraq to supplant withdrawn US combat troops. So how open to abuse are private military companies?
Japan minister warns India against nuclear tests
Japan's foreign minister warned India on Saturday against conducting any new nuclear tests, saying such a move would force a halt to any civilian nuclear cooperation between the two countries.
U.S. marshals Military Might to challenge Asian Century
The first decade of what more than a generation ago was predicted to be the Asian Century is winding down, marking ten years since the end of the American Century.
Split views about Iran’s nuclear reactor
Iran has crossed a new nuclear threshold, but it’s one the Obama administration isn’t worried about.
Russia helps Iran load fuel into its first nuclear plant
Russia will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week despite U.S. demands to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear energy until the country proves that it's not pursuing a weapons capacity.
Kyrgyz politicians say Turkey may help form Kyrgyz democracy
Omurbek Tekebayev, the leader of Kyrgyzstan’s largest political party, has said Turkey’s parliamentary democracy is an example for his country and that it proves that modern democracy is possible in Central Asia.
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