Iran announced new strides in its nuclear programme on Wednesday, in a defiant blow to US and EU pressure to rein in its atomic activities and amid signs of an increasingly vicious covert war with Israel over the issue.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from channelnewsasia.com

Establishing and developing cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan in prevention and elimination of natural and man-caused emergency situations and conclusions of the due intergovernmental agreement is the main issue of talks between the Kyrgyz Minister of Emergency Kubatbek Boronov and Azerbaijani ambassador in Bishkek Arif Agayev.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from news.az

Kazakhstan is keen to expand civil nuclear ties with India, its envoy here said Wednesday. Ambassador Doulat Kuanyshev said the two strategic partners should look beyond and enhance ties in the nuclear sector, and let Kazakhstan’s atomic power company Kazakhprom and Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited expand cooperation.

• Date: 15.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 15.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from tdnpost.com

The recent bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi (allegedly by members of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah) may underline one of the most fascinating political relationships in the world -- the friendly links between India and Israel.

• Date: 14.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from ibtimes.com

In February members of Armenia-Belarus interparliamentary group of Belarusian National Assembly headed by co-chair Victor Guminsky met with Armenian National Assembly members in European agencies, with Ambassador of Belarus to Armenia Stepan Sukhorenko participating.

• Date: 14.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from panarmenian.net

French bank Societe Generale recommended selling British natural gas for summer delivery, citing expectations that additional Russian supplies will flood the European market this year.

• Date: 14.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 14.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from af.reuters.com

A US envoy will hold talks with North Korea on its nuclear program in Beijing next week, the first such negotiations since the death of the nation's longtime leader, Kim Jong II.

• Date: 13.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2012  |  Energy  |  from 3news.co.nz

China and Russia declined to say Monday whether they would support an Arab League initiative calling for the U.N. Security Council to back a joint U.N.-Arab peacekeeping force for Syria.

• Date: 13.02.2012  |  Published on EGF: 13.02.2012  |  External Relations  |  from edition.cnn.com