Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich called on Tuesday for constitutional reform that would strengthen his powers and enable him to push through tough economic reform.

• August 24, 2010

As Iran began fuelling its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr, remarks by the Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom's chief Sergei Kiriyenko that it was a "big international project" continued to puzzle political observers.

• August 24, 2010

The Chinese government, determined to become a world leader in green technology, says it plans to invest billions of dollars over the next few years to develop electric and hybrid vehicles.

• August 24, 2010

Russia's agriculture industry faces losses of over one billion dollars after a record drought destroyed over a quarter of its crops, an official said Monday.

• August 24, 2010

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Council approved the Overall Project Schedule (OPS) and the Overall Project Cost (OPC) in an extraordinary meeting in late July. This means that the world's largest experimental nuclear fusion project, which is being undertaken by the Eropean Union, the United States, Japan, Russia, China, South Korea and India, will receive full thrust for the construction of the reactor in Cadarache in southern France.

• August 24, 2010

Turkmenistan auctioned about 120,000 tons of oil products from the Turkmenbashi refinery, and refineries in the Saydi and Nayip gas-processing complex today at the State Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange

• August 24, 2010

A survey released on Monday shows that 16 members of the Eurozone are struggling to maintain the momentum of economic growth.

• August 24, 2010

Iran has crossed a new nuclear threshold, but it’s one the Obama administration isn’t worried about.

• August 23, 2010