There is no proof that Iran is working toward the creation of nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday, APA reports quoting RIA Novosti. However in order for UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic to be lifted, Iran must prove its nuclear program has a 100% peaceful character, Lavrov told the U.S. PBS TV channel.

• September 24, 2010

North and South Korea are on the brink of war, a top Russian diplomat has warned, calling for both countries to exercise restraint and sit down for talks.

• September 24, 2010

The increasingly bitter dispute between China and Japan over a small group of islands in the Pacific is heightening concerns in capitals across the globe over who controls China's foreign policy.

• September 24, 2010

Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie left here Thursday for Matybulak Range in south Kazakhstan to observe the joint anti-terror drill of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

• September 24, 2010

U.S. financial experts are praising the economic recovery in Latvia, said President Valdis Zatlers following discussions with financial and political experts during his current U.S. visit, LETA was informed by Ilze Rassa, the president's press secretary.

• September 23, 2010

The Baltic States and Poland must work together on energy agreements and common policies, agreed the presidents

• September 23, 2010

Russia interprets the latest round of United Nations sanctions against Iran as prohibiting all exports of major weapons systems to that country, President Dmitri A. Medvedev announced Wednesday, ending some Russian equivocation on whether an advanced air defense system would fall under the ban.

• September 23, 2010

Firewood is increasing in price due to higher demand caused by colder winter in 2009-2010, according to an official with the economics ministry of Estonia.

• September 23, 2010