Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country's soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It's being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats.

• April 26, 2010

Indonesia is hosting what is being called the world's biggest Geothermal energy conference, with 80 countries attending.

• April 26, 2010

The European Union's Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger, on a tour of energy-rich nations in the Caspian region, underlined the importance of Turkmenistan as a supplier of energy to the EU. "Major European companies are

• April 25, 2010

the fastest and one of the most efficient projects…to bring Caspian gas to the EU," said Romanian Economy Minister Videanu of the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania-Interconnection (AGRI) project. In addition to Videanu, the MOU was signed by Azeri Minister of

• April 25, 2010

mutually beneficial cooperation between their countries. Uzbekistan wishes to further deepen its mutually beneficial cooperation with China on politics, economy, trade and security, which will benefit the two countries and the two peoples, Karimov said

• April 25, 2010

Austria has signed up to build part of Russia's South Stream gas pipeline, while keeping a hand in the competing European pipeline Nabucco.

• April 25, 2010

The head of the IMF says the Greek people should not fear the agency, adding it wants help the country's economic crisis.

• April 25, 2010

Come October and the skies over Jangalmahal will resonate with the sound of powerful jet engines. Pilots of the Royal Air Force in Eurofighter Typhoons will match their skills against the IAF's flying aces in Indradhanush 2010, the third in a series of joint air exercises between India and the UK.

• April 24, 2010