A new US lawmakers' bill aimed at exerting pressure on China's currency policy has stirred up fresh tension between the two economic superpowers, but commentators believe the effect on the wider conflict will be minimal.

• October 1, 2010

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in a newspaper interview on Friday that he did not expect Ireland to call on a European rescue fund to help the country cope with its financial crisis.

• October 1, 2010

have the phrase Cold War, wed have to invent it to describe the power struggle taking place for Arctic Ocean resources. Companies such as BP Plc and OAO Gazprom are readying themselves for the last great energy frontier. Russia, the U.S., Canada and

• September 30, 2010

Russia is staking its economic future on its controversial territorial claim to a huge slice of the fast-melting Arctic, which holds up to a quarter of the world's untapped energy resources, and is set to launch an unprecedented diplomatic campaign to

• September 30, 2010

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development could be investing a billion euros annnually in Turkey by 2012, the bank's president said.

• September 30, 2010

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s interview to the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS and South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo QUESTION: Russia and the Republic of Korea are celebrating the 20th anniversary

• September 30, 2010

A proposed southern corridor gas route will not use any Iranian natural gas in the near future due to a row over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program, a US official says.

• September 30, 2010

Ireland is preparing to pump extra cash into banks, raising the cost of repairing the financial system to as much as 50 billion euros.

• September 30, 2010