Turkey's leaders meet the head of the armed forces, Gen Ilker Basbug, after multiple arrests over an alleged military coup plot.

• 25 February 2010

Viktor Yanukovych is sworn in as Ukraine's new president, despite complaints from his main rival, PM Yulia Tymoshenko.

• 25 February 2010

Twenty military officers are formally charged in Turkey with attempting to overthrow the government.

• 25 February 2010

India and Pakistan begin their first high-level talks since the attacks on Mumbai at the end of 2008, amid tensions over Kashmir.

• 25 February 2010

Vandals are thought to have opened the cisterns at an Italian oil refinery, allowing some 2.5 million liters of oil to flow into the Lambro River. Now the slick has reached Italy's most important river, the Po.

• 24 February 2010

The US has reached out to Syria in a bid to harness its influence and engage with problematic Middle East leaders. Renewed ties between the two countries bring cautious hope of breakthroughs on a number of issues.

• 24 February 2010

Argentina's regional allies have backed its claim to the Falkland Islands as a dispute with Britain over oil escalates. The UK has started to drill in waters off the islands, a move Argentina has formally objected to.

• 24 February 2010

Bosnia-Herzegovina is a divided country, overseen by an international authority, which is meeting in Sarajevo on Wednesday. A new law that could eventually pave the way to splitting the country is sure to top the agenda.

• 24 February 2010