Obama warns Pakistan over support for Afghan insurgents
President Barack Obama cautioned Pakistan on Thursday that it is jeopardizing long-term relations with the United States - including billions of dollars in military and civilian aid - by maintaining ties with insurgent groups that are fighting U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan.
U.S and India Collaborate to Keep World Safe From Nuclear Weapons
Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt of Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs today stressed that U.S. and India are committed to keep the world safe from nuclear weapons.
Technology Japan, Vietnam Move Ahead On Nuclear Reactor Plans
In Japan's most aggressive move to promote exports of nuclear technology since the Fukushima Daiichi accident in March, a Tokyo-based utility consortium signed a deal with Vietnam on Wednesday to conduct a feasibility study for two new reactors.
Russian-Kyrgyz Company in Fuel Deal With U.S. Base
A Russian-controlled company will soon start supplying 20 percent of the aviation fuel at the strategically vital U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan, and it could eventually increase that share, officials said
Japan vies with China, India for LNG
Liquefied natural gas prices are surging to a three-year high as demand from Japan, China and India outpaces supply, boosting sales for producers from BG Group PLC to Exxon Mobil Corp.
Saakashvili Uses UN Floor to Accuse Russia of Terrorism
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili used the UN floor on Thursday to accuse Moscow of terrorism and reiterate the claims that Russia occupies Georgian territories.
India wishes to strike Pakistan before US exits from Afghanistan
Whereas Pakistan is the next door neighbor of landlocked Afghanistan, which is dependent upon Pakistan land routes and Karachi port for its imports and exports, Pakistan has never tried to exploit its vulnerability or to blackmail it. India, which doesn’t share border with Afghanistan, is aspiring to become the most influential in that country.
N. Korea, Russia to hold joint defense drill
North Korea and Russia are set to hold their first joint defense drill as early as this year in an attempt to balance the United States, South Korea and Japan's influence on the Korean peninsula.
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