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Turkey's president looks beyond European myopia
Peering out of his aircraft window at the energy-rich lands of Central Asia 35,000 feet (10,000 metres) below, President Abdullah Gul wondered how opponents of Turkey's bid for EU membership could fail to see the big picture.
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India, Iran to hold talks on economic cooperation
India and Iran will hold two days of talks on expanding bilateral economic cooperation, beginning here Thursday.
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India may send envoy to pitch nuclear pact to Japanese public
India may dispatch a special envoy to try to win over the Japanese public in the wake of opposition from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to negotiations for a civilian nuclear cooperation pact.
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China cuts coal, emissions still growing
China is likely to reach its target of closing small coal-fired power plants totaling 10 million kilowatts of capacity by August, said a government official.
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Sofia vows to speed up South Stream
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov pledged yesterday to speed up work on Russia’s South Stream gas pipeline project, in a move to secure cheaper gas deliveries.
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Iran says nuclear talks can resume if conditions met
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that Tehran could resume talks from September 1 with the six world powers over its atomic program should a number of conditions be met.
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Obama urges Mid-East talks
US President Obama urges Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks before a settlement freeze expires in September.
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Finland's new right to broadband may come slower to rest of EU
Other member states have paid lip service to the idea of giving their citizenry universal access to the internet, but none seem to be willing to implement it into law anytime soon. Will Finland's move change that?
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