An Armenian military official has said that Yerevan is undaunted by Azerbaijan's ongoing military buildup and the recent purchase of sophisticated Russian antiaircraft missiles on display in Baku over the weekend.
The lawyer for detained BBC journalist Urunboy Usmonov says she expects the charge of belonging to a banned Islamic organization will be dropped by Tajik authorities.
A Taliban attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul has left at least 10 civilians dead.
France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has been named as the first-ever female chief of the International Monetary Fund.
Jailed Kazakh journalist Ramazan Esergepov has been named a recipient of a Hellman-Hammett Grant for 2011.
The wife of jailed Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi says his health is deteriorating and he has lost a great deal of weight.
Afghanistan has issued an arrest warrant for the former governor of its central bank over an investigation of corruption targeting well-connected figures.
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Greek police fired tear gas to disperse a group of protesters demonstrating against planned austerity measures outside the parliament building in central Athens. (Video by Reuters)
The trial of a prominent Polish-Belarusian journalist charged with insulting Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has been adjourned until next week, when a verdict is expected.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said today that Beijing was ready to extend Europe a "helping hand from afar" in its debt crisis and could buy the sovereign debt of some eurozone nations if needed.
The French Foreign Ministry says French, Russian, and U.S. diplomats co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group will begin the next round of regional shuttle diplomacy "in coming weeks" in an effort to "prepare the continuation of negotiations" in the stalled Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process.
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