Thirty-six years after Canada slapped sanctions on India after it exploded an atomic device, the two countries will sign a civil nuclear agreement tonight paving the way for supply of uranium and cooperation in research, development and radiation safety.

• June 28, 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

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

A meeting today of prominent CEOs from the United States and Russia with Presidents Medvedev and Obama marked a major step forward in U.S.-Russia business relations. The meeting was held today as part of the economic summit between the U.S. and Russia.

• June 25, 2010

Russia resumed gas supplies to Belarus on Thursday after paying gas transit debts to Minsk in an effort to ease fears of supply cuts to the European Union, which said it believed the dispute was over.

• June 25, 2010

Thousands of ethnic Uzbek refugees from recent clashes in south Kyrgyzstan are returning from Uzbekistan, officials say.

• June 25, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came here to learn about Silicon Valley and notched at least one deal in the process.

• June 24, 2010