A new task force to focus on the impact of energy on security and to examine ways of preventing energy-related conflict has been launched by the International Peace Institute (IPI).

New Delhi: Iran made a pitch on Friday for the extension of its gas pipeline with Pakistan to India with its visiting chief of the Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, saying that Tehran had the “best capacity” to provide security for the pipeline. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Jalili was on a three -day visit to India during which he met his counterpart national security adviser Shivshankar Menon.

Apart from Iran’s nuclear power programme, the two sides also discussed regional issues like terrorism and the situation in Afghanistan as the Karzai administration pushes for its controversial Peace Process Roadmap with the Taliban.

North Korea said on Tuesday that it had completed preparations to launch a satellite into orbit, as South Korea and other Asian nations told their airlines and ships to change their routes to avoid

Countries of the Far North are set to be the new players in the emerging Arctic frontier.

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday his organisation could not be sure that Iran's nuclear programme did not have military aims.

Heads of states and leaders from 57 nations, including India, will attend the Nuclear Security Summit on March 26-27 to discuss a host of measures to prevent nuclear fissile material falling into r

The United Nations chief urged Iran on Friday to implement Security Council resolutions under which Tehran should curb sensitive nuclear activity, but the Islamic state once again signalled it has

The United Nations has received alarming reports of malnutrition in two Sudanese border states where the army is fighting insurgents, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.

Pakistan has urged "some major powers" to commence negotiations on the larger issue of nuclear disarmament instead of pushing for a treaty to ban production of fissile material used as fuel for ato

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