- 22:07 21/04/2008
- 22:07 21/04/2008
Georgia's president has accused Russia of aggression saying Tbilisi has video footage proving that Russia downed a Georgian drone.
- 21:37 21/04/2008
The radical Islamist group Hamas could halt rocket attacks on Israel if an economic blockade of the Gaza Strip is lifted, the movement's political leader Khaled Meshaal said on Monday.
- 21:00 21/04/2008
Nino Burdzhanadze, the speaker of the Georgian parliament, said on Monday she will not take part in the May parliamentary election.
- 20:59 21/04/2008
A Russian company building a nuclear power plant in Iran said on Monday that Azerbaijan's seizure of a shipment for the Bushehr plant was unlikely to seriously affect the construction schedule.
- 20:04 21/04/2008
- 18:40 21/04/2008
Egypt could become a leading gold producer within the next decade following the discovery of large reserves in the country's Eastern Desert, the Le Progres Egyptian newspaper said Monday.
- 18:29 21/04/2008
- 18:08 21/04/2008
Russia will launch the second phase of humanitarian assistance to Kosovo Serbs in a week, the emergency situations minister said on Monday.
- 17:29 21/04/2008
A top official from the international nuclear watchdog, who arrived in Tehran Monday morning on a two-day visit, has started the first round of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.
- 17:20 21/04/2008
The Playa de Bakio fishing trawler, with 26 crew members on board, has been hijacked off Somalia by pirates, who are demanding a ransom, Spanish media reported on Monday.
- 16:56 21/04/2008
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- 16:11 21/04/2008
The Council of Europe's human rights chief arrived in Chechnya on a three-day working visit on Monday to assess the situation in the southern Russian republic.
- 15:57 21/04/2008
More than 110 military aircraft from eight CIS states will take part in a large-scale command-and-staff exercise on April 22 led by the Joint Air Defense Force, a senior Russian military official said Monday.
- 15:47 21/04/2008
Pope Benedict XVI has returned to Rome after a six-day visit to the United States during which he addressed thousands of Catholics at a stadium Mass and led prayers at Ground Zero in New York.
- 15:30 21/04/2008
- 15:26 21/04/2008
Ex-U.S. president Jimmy Carter said on Monday the radical Islamist group Hamas was ready to live in peace with Israel if an agreement was supported by a Palestinian referendum.
- 14:58 21/04/2008
A United States pastor has been sentenced to three years and two months in prison by a Moscow court for smuggling rifle rounds into the country for his Russian hunting partner.
