Western powers' strong new sanctions on Iran have failed to push Tehran's leaders toward compromise on their disputed nuclear program, a senior European diplomat said on Tuesday.

• Date: 03.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 03.11.2010  |  Energy  |  from startribune.com

Tokyo is to temporarily recall its ambassador to Moscow amid renewed tensions over a territorial dispute.

• Date: 02.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 02.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Kuril Islands on Monday on the first visit by a Russian leader to territory at the heart of a decades-long dispute with Japan.

• Date: 01.11.2010  |  Published on EGF: 01.11.2010  |  External Relations  |  from france24.com

North Korea got a failing grade, with Iran and Syria not far behind, in the first nuclear arms control report card released Wednesday by the independent U.S.-based Arms Control Association (ACA).

• Date: 29.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 29.10.2010  |  Security  |  from chinapost.com.tw

The United States has welcomed as a "positive" step India's signing of an international convention governing liability in case of nuclear accidents.

• Date: 28.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from Yahoo! news

Gorbachev has valuable advice for the US on the war in Afghanistan that Putin would rather he keep to himself

• Date: 28.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 28.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk

Nato officials explore joint initiatives ahead of landmark alliance summit, which is to include President Medvedev

• Date: 27.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2010  |  External Relations  |  from guardian.co.uk

The start of the weeks-long process brings the controversial Bushehr plant another step closer to operation. Iran says the facility will generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, but Western nations fear it is to be used to produce atomic weapons.

• Date: 27.10.2010  |  Published on EGF: 27.10.2010  |  Energy  |  from dailypress.com