Western powers' strong new sanctions on Iran have failed to push Tehran's leaders toward compromise on their disputed nuclear program, a senior European diplomat said on Tuesday.

• November 3, 2010

Russia was implementing over 120 joint projects and contracts worth around 1 billion U.S. dollars in Turkmenistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov Tuesday said on Tuesday.

• November 3, 2010

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis on Tuesday praised German support for a planned nuclear power station to be built in the Baltic country, describing it as a "guarantee" to potential investors.

• November 3, 2010

Turkmenistan resumed natural gas shipments to China via the Central Asia pipeline on Oct 27 after a nearly two-week break for maintenance of the only gas processing plant, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday.

• November 2, 2010

In course of 2010 in Ukraine the development rate of alternative energy industry has significantly increased due to investments from NAER, credits provided by IFC and EBRD, ratification of an agreement between Ukraine and NEFCO and, finally, the adoption of law “About the green tariff.”

• November 2, 2010

President Barack Obama heads to Asia Friday, with diplomatic ambitions undimmed by domestic political woes, seeking a permanent place for the United States in a region fundamental to its future.

• November 2, 2010

Turkmenistan denied on 28 October Moscow’s statements that Russian gas monopoly Gazprom could take part in a trans-Afghan gas pipeline and that Moscow and Ashgabat had agreed to freeze the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.

• November 1, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign agreements to help build Vietnam`s first nuclear power plant and a hydroelectric power station during a visit to the Soviet-era ally starting on Saturday, Kremlin sources said.

• October 30, 2010