The Senate has overwhelmingly approved a resolution that reaffirms U.S. efforts to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option.

• September 22, 2012

Uzbekistan and South Korea have signed a series of co-operation agreements in the areas of energy and industry.

• September 22, 2012

Iran's nuclear issue can only be resolved through political and diplomatic tools, Russia Foreign Ministry spokesman, Alexander Lukashevich said.

• September 21, 2012

Pakistan has decided to import one-thousand megawatt electricity from Turkmenistan in order to overcome the current power outage.

• September 19, 2012

Foreign ministers of EU 3 + 3 planning to meet next week at UN to assess situation, figure out way to break standstill in negotiations over Islamic Republic's nuclear program.

• September 19, 2012

EU foreign affairs representative Catherine Ashton is to hold talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, in a bid to end the stand-off over the Iranian nuclear programme.

• September 18, 2012

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will hold further talks with Iran to allay international concern over its disputed nuclear program, despite the lack of cooperation from Tehran so far, the UN watchdog's chief said on Monday.

• September 17, 2012

The European Commission is holding intensive talks with Russia and expects to reach a compromise on a legal dispute between the bloc and its biggest gas provider, while avoiding disruption to energy supplies, the bloc's energy commissioner said on Monday.

• September 17, 2012