Denmark and Norway into a new gold rush - and global warming sceptics are distracting the US from security risks Expected melting of summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean means greatly expanded access to increasingly scarce fossil fuels. Image Credit: Gulf

• 13 March 2010

BRUSSELS - NATO warplanes will fly training missions over the Baltic states this month in a show of solidarity with former Soviet republics concerned about Russia. The March 17 exercises will involve French, Polish and Lithuanian aircraft, a NATO

• 13 March 2010

Afghanistan and Greece were on the agenda for Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the Netherlands. Merkel, who met Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, praised relations between Berlin and The Hague.

• 12 March 2010

KIEV, Ukraine, March 12 (UPI) -- The new government in Ukraine aims to focus on finding an optimal price for natural gas it purchases from Russia, the Ukrainian prime minister said. Ukrainian

• 12 March 2010

Russia's state-owned nuclear company says the country will build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India.

• 12 March 2010

By Polya Lesova, MarketWatch FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Ukraine's credit spreads rallied on Friday, indicating a declining probability of default, after the formation of a new governing coalition brought much-needed political stability and prompted a

• 12 March 2010

Russian Federation Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over terror groups operating from within Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• 12 March 2010

Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January compared with a year ago, the International Energy Agency says.

• 12 March 2010