China world’s best hope, worst fear regarding climate crisis
China is holding many of the keys needed to unlock complicated United Nations climate negotiations as developing countries move to the centre in the fight against global warming.
India-Kazakhstan oil pact likely by February
In an effort to fulfil the growing energy demands, India and Kazakhstan will likely to sign a key oil deal. As per the deal, India's OVL, the foreign arm of ONGC will acquire 25 per cent stake in Kazakhstan's Satpayev Block by end of February.
Iran Claims Full Control Over Making Nuclear Fuel
Iran claimed Sunday it could now use domestically mined uranium to produce nuclear fuel, giving the country complete control over a process the West suspects is geared toward producing weapons.
Opposition to War in Iraq Building in Central Asia
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States dramatically increased security cooperation with Central Asian states, including the establishment of an American military presence in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
India takes its time as Turkmenistan seeks separate rates for natural gas
Turkmenistan has proposed to charge different prices for supplying natural gas through the proposed 1,680 km pipeline that would deliver 90 million cubic metres a day to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, officials in New Delhi said.
Hillary Clinton urges Iran to accept a nuclear deal
Hillary Clinton on Friday night renewed an offer of friendship to Iran but said the United States was "committed to defending its Gulf allies from regional threats".
US and China in a diplomatic standoff over North Korea
A continuing tense diplomatic standoff between US and China is a further sign that the Obama administration is exploiting the tensions on the Korean peninsula, inflamed by last week’s exchange of shelling between the two Koreas, to intensify American pressure against China.
Russia backing Pakistan to join SCO as full member
The Russian Ambassador to Pakistan said that his country had asked Pakistan to sign over Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Addressing a roundtable, Russian Ambassador Andrey Budnik said that Russia had been persuading Pakistan, India and Israel for signing the NPT to make the world free of nuclear weapons.
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