Their close relationship is a boon to Russia's trade economy as well as oligarchs looking to stash ill-gotten cash. Ties with Moscow are strengthened by Cypriots' skepticism of the U.S.

• July 19, 2010

Russian and Ukrainian experts will discuss setting up a joint nuclear generation project on Tuesday, Ukraine's major energy company said.

• July 19, 2010

Pakistan on Monday defended its civilian nuclear cooperation with China to build two nuclear reactors and said the plants will be open to the inspection of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

• July 19, 2010

Representatives of world parliaments criticized Israel, Turkey, Cambodia and 18 other countries for their treatment of lawmakers.

• July 17, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama recently partly blamed the European Union for supposedly driving Turkey away from the West by stalling the country's EU accession.

• July 17, 2010

During a Franco-German diplomatic visit, Kyrgyzstan's interim president has agreed to an international inquiry into ethnic unrest in the country last month. The OSCE has said it will send a team to watch over the peace.

• July 17, 2010

France's prime minister sought to ease Japanese fears over instability in the 16-member eurozone on Friday, by urging business leaders in Tokyo not to turn away from the embattled euro single currency.

• July 17, 2010

While environmentalists are sharply opposed to the construction of the new Baltic Sea pipeline, archaeologists are delighted. The massive Nord Stream project to bring natural gas from Russia to Germany has uncovered dozens of shipwrecks and other historic artifacts.

• July 17, 2010