Furious over Internet insults of the country's beloved founder, Turkey has gone on the offensive against Google, tightening a ban on YouTube and cutting public access to a host of Google-owned sites.

• June 26, 2010

Gulf News reported that coal and nuclear technology are two options being weighed by the Dubai Government as it strives to diversify energy resources to meet future demand,

• June 26, 2010

If the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan were to be the litmus test, the United States' "reset" of ties with Russia appears only selectively genuine. Kyrgyzstan is a perfect case for the two powers to agree to tactical cooperation, as there are significant common interests - and yet that is not happening.

• June 25, 2010

Ukraine is looking hot to some investors. A new decade brings new dreams and new investment ideas.

• June 25, 2010

President Barack Obama said Thursday he will help Russia accelerate its bid to join the World Trade Organization, and told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he hopes Russia can clear final hurdles to accession as early as September 30.

• June 25, 2010

Pakistan Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf, will visit Iran in August to sign an agreement for importing 1,000MW of electricity, officials have said.

• June 25, 2010

One of the few certainties of the 11-month-old Bulgarian Government of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov is that any initial announcement on an issue of note would be swiftly followed by an official regress.

• June 25, 2010

The EU has on 24 June 2010 adopted new measures aimed at simplifying management rules for the structural and cohesion funds. The changes should help to facilitate access to the funds and accelerate flows of investment at a time when public budgets are under pressure. As part of the measures to counter the economic crisis, additional advance payments totalling €775 million will be paid out to some member countries to tackle immediate cash flow problems.

• June 25, 2010