Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Tuesday and implicitly warned the U.S. not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations shouldn't pursue oil pipeline projects in the area if they weren't backed by regional powers.

• November 7, 2010

Azerbaijan may consider possibility of creating a joint venture producing oil and gas equipment in Kazakhstan, the Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said in an interview with Trend on the results of the Azerbaijani-Kazakh intergovernmental commission's seventh meeting held in Astana.

• November 7, 2010

Barack Obama has called on the Senate to approve a landmark nuclear weapons deal with Russia before a newly elected crop of Republicans take office in January.

• November 5, 2010

As President Obama pays his first visit to India this weekend, he may want to take his lead from Mary Kay.

• November 5, 2010

The Bulgarian Energy Holding and Gazprom have announced the start of a tender to select a company to carry out a preliminary investment study for the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline on Bulgarian territory.

• November 5, 2010

With the the globalization of the energy sector and the opening of energy markets, energy supply is important to Estonia in an international context, especially so for state company Eesti Energy.

• November 4, 2010

President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Vietnam Saturday for a visit that will see Russia sign a multi-billion-euro nuclear power plant deal with the former Soviet-era Communist ally.

• November 4, 2010

Russia will take part in more drug raids in Afghanistan despite strong protests from the Afghan government, the Nato secretary-general has said.

• November 4, 2010