Japan extends $260m soft loan to Pakistan
A nuclear Iran / How far will the world go?
Six world powers, including China, agreed Wednesday to begin drafting a UN Security Council resolution for new sanctions against Iran, in an effort to halt its nuclear program.
Russian grief turns to anger toward leader
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pledged Tuesday to drag "from the bottom of the sewers" those behind the deadly attack on the Moscow subway system, but some Russians began to challenge his government for failing to prevent the suicide bombings despite signs that Islamist rebels had been preparing to strike.
Implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region - Swedish Government Lays Out Its Position
Eight of the nine Baltic Sea countries are members of the EU and more than 100 million people live in the region.
China wary of US-Russia nuclear embrace
United States President Barack Obama is about to pull off his biggest foreign policy achievement thus far as a perfect twin to the historic healthcare reform bill passed this week.
Juhan Parts: Estonian economy benefits from opening of the electricity market
Opening up Estonian electricity market to large consumers benefits the Estonian economy more than it harms individual companies, Estonian economy and communications minister Juhan Parts said in national television ETV’s morning programme on Wednesday.
Blasts Could Derail Medvedev’s Softer Tack in the Caucasus
When two bombs ripped through Moscow subway stations at rush hour on Monday morning, Russia’s leaders reached for the kind of hunt-them-down-and-kill-them statements that propelled the country through two brutal wars in the Caucasus.
Oil Prices Seem to Hit a Sweet Spot
Oil prices have done something remarkable over the last half-year or so: they have barely budged.
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