As Iran braces for another broadside of economic sanctions over its nuclear program, Tehran moves closer to opening up a new lifeline -- a natural gas pipeline to Pakistan and possibly India and China as well.

• March 20, 2010

Serbian President Boris Tadic boycotts an EU-Balkan integration conference because of a row over Kosovo's status.

• March 20, 2010

U.S. and Russian negotiators are "at the finish line" in negotiating a major agreement to cut the number of nuclear warheads each side has deployed against the other, with just one or two issues left to resolve, officials said Thursday.

• March 20, 2010

Representatives of environmental organizations and the society argue that Lithuania should speak out clearly against the construction of nuclear power plant in Astraviec, Belarus. According to them, the Government must present a negative opinion regarding the report on the impact of Belarusian nuclear power plant to the environment.

• March 20, 2010

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

• March 19, 2010

• March 19, 2010

On Thursday, the US ambassador in Beijing said China's currency was a major concern not only in the US. Earlier this week, a bill to threaten China with punitive duties if the yuan did not rise was put to the US Senate.

• March 19, 2010

Indonesia and China have increasingly boosted economic and defense ties amid the absence of attention from the US, observers and officials say.

• March 19, 2010