China’s policy towards Iran, especially with respect to nuclear proliferation, and its reported sale of solid-fuel missiles to Saudi Arabia, are further indicators of China’s global strategy to challenge what it perceives as declining US power.

• September 3, 2010

Ukraine is willing to give Russia joint control of a pipeline to southeastern Europe in exchange for access to natural gas supplies, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said as the country’s negotiate a gas venture.

• September 3, 2010

The Foreign Ministry said Thursday it has set up a task force to examine Japan’s policies concerning the North Pole, as melting ice due to global warming opens the door to increased ship navigation and chances for resource development in the Arctic sea.

• September 3, 2010

A delegation of Pakistani military officials decided to cancel a meeting this week with U.S. military officials in protest after they were taken off a plane and questioned at Washington's Dulles International Airport, according to a Pakistani official.

• September 2, 2010

US President Barack Obama has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders not to let the chance of a permanent peace deal "slip away".

• September 2, 2010

The US has been pointing a finger at China, directly or indirectly, over the past several months, especially over issues involving China's relations with its neighbors. The devastating floods in Pakistan have given it another opportunity to prod China.

• September 2, 2010

Turkmenistan, which failed to submit third-party certification of Dauletabad gas field reserves, has now offered a new supply source, Osman/ Yolatan gas field, which has raised serious concerns in Pakistan

• September 2, 2010

China is ramping-up its military presence facing Taiwan despite the easing of hostilities across the Strait, a defense ministry report cited by local media warned yesterday.

• September 2, 2010