US and Chinese officials urge better co-operation at the start of high-level talks on trade and security in Beijing.

• May 24, 2010

South Korea's president suspends trade with the North, after a report blamed Pyongyang for sinking a southern warship.

• May 24, 2010

The head of a parliamentary foreign affairs committee was quoted on Friday as saying that sanctions on Iran being discussed by world powers would not stop Russia from delivering S-300 surface to air missiles to Tehran.

• May 24, 2010

Iran's letter to the IAEA confirming its deal with Turkey and Brazil over an exchange of uranium will advance negotiations on Tehran's nuclear program, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said Friday.

• May 22, 2010

This week Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made his first state visit to Ukraine. After five years of cold relations between the two countries, this trip was meant to cement much warmer ties with Ukraine’s new, Moscow-friendly leader.

• May 22, 2010

The selling price of power generated by gas-based plants will go up by up to Rs 1.20 per unit on account of the hike in the price of natural gas, government said today.

• May 21, 2010

The Thai government has said it has mostly quelled violent protests in the capital Bangkok. But troops have continued their hunt for those protesters who they say set blaze to some of the capital's main buildings.

• May 21, 2010

Summary of Panel I: The Future of the Energy Charter and the Debate over the Third Package
The energy trade between Russia and the countries of the European Union (EU) is of fundamental significance for the energy security of each party. Despite the close proximity of the EU-Russia energy relationship, however, the legal and political basis underpinning this relationship, particularly with regards to the gas trade, has proven itself inadequate in guaranteeing the energy security of both parties. Russia's recent announcement of its intention "of not becoming a member" of the Energy Charter Treaty, and new proposal for global energy security has created further uncertainty. While it is hoped that a new government in Kiev will lead to an improvement of Russian relations with Ukraine, Ukraine's national gas transportation operator remains in a difficult financial position and another gas crisis embroiling Ukraine, Russia and the EU, whilst hardly imminent, cannot be entirely ruled out.

• May 21, 2010