Baku

BAKU - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized foreign attention on the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to death for adultery, and warned that the West needed to lift pressure on the Islamic Republic if it wanted progress in talks about its nuclear program with six world powers tentatively scheduled for next month.

BAKU, Azerbaijan - In a letter to the leader of strategically important Azerbaijan, President Barack Obama acknowledges the difficulties in the relationship between the two nations, but says he's confident the issues can be resolved.

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Officials in Azerbaijan have postponed a military exercise with the United States and expressed displeasure with Washington's mediation of an ethnic separatist dispute in the oil-rich Caspian Sea nation.