The 14 alleged spies deported from Russia and the U.S. remained out of public view over the weekend amid uncertainty over where they had been taken and how they would restart their lives.

• July 12, 2010

The multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline is back on India's agenda with the government planning to hold a bilateral meeting in Teheran on the issue after a gap of at least two years.

• July 12, 2010

Cooperation with Belarus in nuclear energy projects could convince the neighbours to abandon their plans of erecting a new nuclear power plant (AE) near Lithuania, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius said

• July 12, 2010

American politicians often extol natural gas as abundant, cleaner-burning than other fossil fuels, and domestically produced, unlike Middle Eastern oil. But the process of extracting it is raising concerns among people with wells in their backyards.

• July 12, 2010

The Japanese prime minister is facing an election disaster as forecasts show he lost control of the upper house of parliament in Sunday's election.

• July 12, 2010

Last week, with a neat turn of phrase, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton captured the quintessence of the United States "reset" of ties with Russia.

• July 12, 2010

Poland has a new president, Bronislaw Komorowski, who was declared the winner of the second round of presidential elections. The results of Sunday's election bring the presidency more in line with the government, and could strengthen Poland's ties with the rest of Europe.

• July 12, 2010

While Washington and Moscow had their eyes on one another, Beijing stole the prize.

• July 12, 2010