The US Embassy in Uzbekistan dismissed on Saturday Russian media reports that the visit of top US military commander General David Petraeus included talks on establishing a US base in the country.
Iran has lifted a yearlong ban and allowed U.N. inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor as well as granting greater monitoring rights at another atomic site, diplomats said Thursday, AP reported. <...
Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia accused Tbilisi on Thursday of trying to suffocate the Black Sea territory and threatened a "proportionate response" to a Georgian blockade in which two ships have been seized this week.
