Halfway into an ambitious four-year effort to safeguard nuclear materials from terrorists, President Barack Obama and other world leaders are lagging behind their self-imposed goals and facing renewed threats from Iran and North Korea. They're giving themselves a checkup at next week's summit in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

• March 24, 2012

Many Estonians view the philanthropy of the Russian state in their country as a deliberate effort to gain influence by creating ethnic divisions.

• March 24, 2012

Russian, Kazakh and Belarusian Military Forces will conduct military exercises, the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry on Air Force Colonel Vladimir Drik told RIA Novosti, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported.

• March 23, 2012

Russia doubled foreign orders to build nuclear reactors last year and has a $50 billion order book for the next decade despite jitters over atomic power following the Fukushima disaster, its nuclear power chief said on Friday.

• March 23, 2012

Russia wants nuclear talks between Iran and the G5+1 to be resumed “as quickly as possible.”

• March 23, 2012

Bulgaria's government has made it clear it is not daunted by the risk of being taken to arbitration by the Russian contractor in Belene nuclear project, should it decide to abandon it.

• March 22, 2012

India has asked Iran to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to restore international community's confidence in its nuclear programme being peaceful in nature.

• March 22, 2012

South Korea cut imports of Iranian crude in the first two months of 2012 and Taiwan plans to halt its purchases from July as the two join the growing list of countries reducing imports under pressure from the United States.

• March 22, 2012