Aftershock shakes Japan's ruined northeast coast
A major aftershock rocked northeast Japan on Thursday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coast devastated by last month's massive quake and tsunami that crippled a nuclear power plant.
Iranian Interior Minister to visit Turkmenistan
A representative delegation headed by Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar will visit Turkmenistan in the coming days, Deputy Iranian Interior Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Mehdi Muhammadifar said, as reported by the Iranian news agency İRNA.
Turkey's top EU official urges French politicians to secure return of occupied Azerbaijani territories
Turkey's chief European Union negotiator has urged French lawmakers to take action to ward off discussion of a so-called 'Armenian genocide' bill over the events of 1915 on the French Senate floor
Iran to investigate delay in nuclear plant launch
An Iranian lawmaker said Wednesday Iran's Majlis (Parliament) will set up a committee to investigate the delay in the launch of the country's first nuclear power plant, Mehr news agency reported.
Tashkent will host EU-Central Asia meeting
Tashkent will host the next EU-Central Asia meeting at the level of foreign ministers on April 7, a source in the Uzbek government reported.
Japan seeks Russian help to end nuclear crisis
Japan has asked nuclear superpower Russia to send a special radiation treatment ship used to decommission nuclear submarines to help in its fight to contain the world’s worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl, Japanese media said
Chinese firm to invest in Pakistan hydel power projects
A Chinese firm is looking at investing in Pakistan's hydel power projects that would add nearly 9,000 MW of electricity to the national grid, a media report said Wednesday.
Norway supports Lithuania’s and other Baltic countries’ energy independence
President Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Discussion in the meeting focused on Lithuanian-Norwegian bilateral relations, cooperation in the field of foreign policy and security as well as economy and energy, and elimination of Baltic energy isolation.
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