Iran on Thursday regretted Russia's decision to cancel an arms deal with the Islamic republic, ISNA news agency reported.

• Date: 24.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.09.2010  |  External Relations  |  from earthtimes.org

The increasingly bitter dispute between China and Japan over a small group of islands in the Pacific is heightening concerns in capitals across the globe over who controls China's foreign policy.

• Date: 24.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 24.09.2010  |  External Relations  |  from washingtonpost.com

Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız said Wednesday that talks with South Korea regarding the construction of a nuclear power plant, which is planned to be built in Turkey’s northern province of Sinop, are ongoing with only a few remaining issues under deliberation.

• Date: 23.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.09.2010  |  Energy  |  from todayszaman.com

A spokesman says Defense Secretary Robert Gates shares Israel's concerns that Russia plans to sell Syria anti-ship cruise missiles.

• Date: 21.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.09.2010  |  External Relations  |  from kentucky.com

Israel criticized Russia on Monday for planning to sell anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, saying the advanced weapons could be transferred to Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.

• Date: 21.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.09.2010  |  External Relations  |  from reuters.com

China's main nuclear power company announced that it is in talks to build a one-gigawatt nuclear power plant in Pakistan, even as the two countries face U.S. and Indian concerns over their cooperation to build other plants in Pakistan.

• Date: 21.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.09.2010  |  Energy  |  from wsj.com

China is expected to develop its coal conversion industry into the world's largest by 2020, as the world's largest coal producer and consumer is seeking clean uses of its huge coal resources, industry insiders forecast.

• Date: 19.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 19.09.2010  |  Energy  |  from People's Daily Online

Kazakhstan's aging leader will seek to extend his rule until 2017 in the energy-rich central Asian nation's next election and may even seek to stay in power until after 2020, dampening speculation about potential successors.

• Date: 17.09.2010  |  Published on EGF: 17.09.2010  |  Markets  |  from independent.co.uk