Riot police fired a water cannon and tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the forced eviction of villagers to make way for the Monywa mine in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing region, residents and activists said, Reuters reported.

France's energy company EDF and its partner Centrica on Nov. 26 received the first British site license for a nuclear power plant in 25 years, preparing the United Kingdom for its first nuclear station since 1995, Reuters reported.

South Sudan said Sudan killed seven people in airstrikes that lasted three days near a disputed border area, jeopardizing plans to resume oil exports, Reuters reported Nov. 23. Sudanese officials have denied the accusations.

Western officials are concerned regarding the unloading of fuel at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, an unidentified senior Western official said Nov. 20, Reuters reported.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Nov. 16, Reuters reported.

An explosion at an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has left two people dead, WWL TV reported Nov. 16, citing a report from KHOU-TV.

Washington will not permit Moscow to interfere with the implementation of the Trans-Caspian natural gas pipeline, a U.S. State Department official said Nov. 15, APA reported.