Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• May 1, 2010

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed merging Gazprom, the world's largest gas firm, with Ukraine's state gas company, Naftogaz.

• May 1, 2010

Iran will never accept swapping its low-enriched uranium (LEU) with nuclear fuel abroad, a senior adviser to the country’s top authority said on Friday, making clear Tehran’s continued defiance in a row with global powers.

• May 1, 2010

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ruled out a military strike against Iran, saying it would have catastrophic consequences for the whole region, from the Caucasus to the Middle East, and has called for increased dialogue to resolve disagreements over Iran’s nuclear program.

• May 1, 2010

Ukraine's ousted pro-Western leadership. Yanukovych extended by at least 25 years a lease held by Russia's Black Sea Fleet for the use of a former Soviet naval base at the port of Sevastopol

• April 30, 2010

One cannot solve any problem by putting up a wall to the world as no regional conflict can be settled by the parties in the concerned region.

• April 29, 2010

South Asian leaders Wednesday admitted their mutual differences, particulary those between India and Pakistan, failed SAARC to overcome key challenges of poverty, climate change and terrorism in the region as they met for their 16th summit in the Bhutan capital Wednesday.

• April 29, 2010

Yerevan will host on May 18-19 a gathering of experts in nuclear energy security who will discuss Armenian Metsamor nuclear power plant’s safe operation.

• April 29, 2010