The European Union (EU) on Wednesday agreed details of criteria for conducting "stress tests" on the bloc's 143 nuclear power plants from the beginning of June.

• May 25, 2011

Morocco’s stable security image shattered in April
Morocco witnessed a severe blow to its external image as one of the more stable and least dangerous North African Maghreb countries at the end of last month, when an apparent suicide bombing in the city of Marrakesh led to the deaths of 17 persons, including a number of foreign nationals. The fatal blast, which took place in a café in Marrakesh’s iconic Djemaa el-Fna square (a Unesco World Heritage site popular with European tourists) on April 28, was the first major, apparent act of terrorism in the country since the 2003 bombings in Casablanca which killed up to 45 people. READ MORE

• May 16, 2011

On Wednesday, within discussions on main aspects of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union at the plenary meeting of the European Parliament, a Swedish MP, Anna Ibrisagic in her speech noted the worsening of situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

• May 14, 2011

Russia and Pakistan have agreed to give top priority to their joint fight against terrorism and drug trafficking and to expand economic ties between the two countries.

• May 13, 2011

Russia is attempting to suppress a United Nations report that says Iran has been breaking a U.N. arms embargo by shipping weapons to Syria, Western diplomats said Thursday.

• May 13, 2011

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Tuesday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to "start from scratch" in creating a new energy policy

• May 11, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev marked the anniversary on Monday of victory over Nazi Germany with a promise to arm Russian troops with the latest weapons and push reform of a military plagued by low morale and poor equipment.

• May 10, 2011

Eight militants and one member of the security forces were killed in clashes in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan Sunday, where Russia is fighting a growing Islamist insurgency, authorities said.

• May 9, 2011