China and the International Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to improve nuclear security in the region, the UN nuclear watchdog said, as its chief made his first visit to Beijing.

• August 17, 2010

China Huaneng Group Corp and Datang Corp, the country's top power producers, plan to float shares of their renewable energy units in Hong Kong in offerings that could raise over $US2 billion ($A2.22 billion), sources close to the deals say.

• August 17, 2010

Residents of the Veshnyaki neighborhood in southeast Moscow were in for a surprise last month when the radiators in their apartments started heating at full blast while it was nearly 40 degrees Celsius outside.

• August 17, 2010

Russians will start loading a nuclear reactor with fuel in the southern city of Bushehr on Aug 21, Iranian media reported on Saturday.

• August 16, 2010

While environment minister Jairam Ramesh has made the assurance that those responsible for the oil spill off Mumbai will be made to pay, the question of who is to pay may remain unsettled for a while owing to India's non-participation in an international treaty that deals specifically with the adverse effects of bunker fuel spilled by ships

• August 16, 2010

The publication of this collection of essays coincides with the second anniversary of the armed conflict between Russia and Georgia on August 8-12, 2009.

The first essay looks into the transformation of the Georgian armed forces under President Mikhail Saakashvili and details Tbilisi’s key preparations for the war.

• August 16, 2010

As Turkey imports nearly 90 percent of its energy requirements, it has sought reliable contracts with its neighbors to cover its needs.

• August 14, 2010

BP Azerbaijan has announced that Turkmen oil is now flowing through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, BTC, pipeline.

• August 14, 2010