KUWAIT – Saudi Arabia’s energy minister met the Kuwaiti crown prince on Monday during an official trip to Kuwait, Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA reported.

China’s ambassador to Sri Lanka says it is considering a request for $2.5 billion in assistance to help the island nation through its worst debt and foreign currency crisis in memory.

PRAGUE  – The Patriot air defence system has started arriving in Slovakia from NATO partner countries and the deployment will continue in the coming days, Slovakia’s defence minister said on Sunday.

An Indian official says state-run Indian Oil Corp. bought 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia earlier this week to secure its energy needs, resisting Western pressure to avoid such purchases.

Japan says it will invest $42 billion in India over the next five years in a deal that is expected to boost bilateral trade.

Turkey’s president and South Korea’s prime minister have inaugurated a massive suspension bridge over the Dardanelles Strait that connects the European and Asian shores of the key waterway.

SEOUL – More than 24 hours after a missile test reportedly ended in a fiery failure over Pyongyang on Wednesday, North Korea had yet to say anything about the incident.

Russia’s Finance Ministry said it transferred a $117 million bond interest payment in an attempt to avoid a default on government debt but left it open if the money actually reached foreign investors by the deadline.

Italian scientists are racing against time to study, scan and sample Europe’s southernmost glacier before it melts and disappears as a result of rising global temperatures.

The Czech Republic has launched a tender to build a new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power plant as the country aims to increase nuclear power generation.