India's parliament approved a final, critical piece of a long-delayed landmark civil nuclear agreement Monday, a pact regarded as a cornerstone of a Bush-era effort to transform the relationship between the United States and the world's largest democracy.

• August 31, 2010

With the help of Russian experts, fuel loading into Iran's first nuclear power plant, which started on Aug. 21, is set to finish in a week, after which the Bushehr nuclear power plant will become operational.

• August 31, 2010

Lithuanian energy minister said that diversification of the gas market in Lithuania will eliminate the need for ties to the Russian energy sector by 2020, news agency UPI reports.

• August 30, 2010

Diversification of the gas market in Lithuania will eliminate the need for ties to the Russian energy sector by 2020, the Lithuanian energy minister said.

• August 30, 2010

Chancellor Angela Merkel has weighed in on Germany's ongoing nuclear energy debate, saying the country needs to run its nuclear energy plants for at least 10 more years to keep energy costs down and ensure demand is met.

• August 30, 2010

OMV, central Europe’s biggest oil company, says Turkey is the most likely location for additional power plants.

• August 30, 2010

When Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada was in Delhi a few days back for the fourth round of strategic dialogue between Japan and India, he made it clear that negotiations on a civilian nuclear cooperation pact are going to be rather difficult.

• August 30, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday opened the Russian section of a long-awaited oil pipeline that will carry Russian crude to China in a bid to diversify its oil exports away from Europe.

• August 29, 2010