New Delhi (UPI) Jul 18, 2012 - India said it is working with authorities in Dubai and the United States over the death of an Indian fisherman around 10 miles off the United Arab Emirates coast.
Baghdad (AFP) July 18, 2012 - Baghdad's top energy official inaugurated a giant oilfield in south Iraq on Wednesday, with a group of Chinese, French and Malaysian firms set to pump 535,000 barrels of oil a day there within five years.
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jul 18, 2012 - Russian President Vladimir Putin's June visit to Israel is a measure of how the country's discovery of major gas fields under the eastern Mediterranean has intensified the volatile region's geopolitical dynamics.
Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2012 - Russian coastguards have seized a Chinese fishing boat off the country's east coast after reportedly opening fire on the vessel, Chinese state media said on Wednesday.
Washington (AFP) July 18, 2012 - The United States and Britain will not tolerate Iranian attempts to block the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, defense chiefs from the two Western powers said Wednesday.
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jul 17, 2012 - In the aftermath of the recent United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development, the focus of many industrialized nations is beginning to shift toward planning for a sustainable future. O
New Delhi (AFP) July 17, 2012 - India called on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to probe the fatal shooting of an Indian fisherman by a US navy ship in waters off Dubai, the Indian foreign ministry said.
New Delhi (AFP) July 17, 2012 - India called on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to investigate the fatal shooting of an Indian fisherman by a US navy ship in waters off Dubai.
New Delhi (UPI) Jul 17, 2012 - India will need to import 185 million tons of coal annually by 2017 to meet increasing shortfalls, the government said.
Baghdad (AFP) July 17, 2012 - A consortium led by Russia's Lukoil and including Japan's Inpex signed a preliminary contract with Iraq's oil ministry on Tuesday to explore for oil, a spokesman said.
Lagos (AFP) July 17, 2012 - Nigeria has fined Shell $5.0 billion over an oil spill late last year at an offshore field, but the company told AFP on Tuesday there was no basis for the fine.
Pennington NJ (SPX) Jul 17, 2012 - Ocean Power Technologies and Lockheed Martin have entered into a teaming agreement with the goal of developing a 19 megawatt wave-energy project in Victoria, Australia. This is one of the largest wa
Manila (AFP) July 17, 2012 - President Benigno Aquino Tuesday thanked China for its help to finish a major Philippine water project, amid frayed relations between the two countries over disputed territory in the South China Sea.
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2012 - Fracking stories about shale gas extraction hit the news daily, fueling a growing conflagration between environmental protectionism and economic interests. Otherwise known as hydraulic fracturing,
Washington (AFP) July 17, 2012 - The United States and about 20 other nations will hold a major anti-mine operation near the Gulf in September, the Pentagon said Tuesday, after Iran threatened it could block oil shipments.
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2012 - A big fleet of Chinese fishing vessels arrived at the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Sunday, state media said, amid tensions with its neighbours over rival claims to the area.
