- 21:45 08/08/2008
Over 1,000 civilians have been killed as the result of an attack by Georgia on the capital of its breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the North Ossetian nationalities minister said Friday. 
- 21:34 08/08/2008
Former Chinese gymnastics champion Li Ning lit the Olympic flame high above the National Stadium in Beijing on Friday to mark the start of the 2008 Summer Games.
- 19:58 08/08/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered that humanitarian aid be provided to people affected by the ongoing conflict between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said on Friday.
- 19:56 08/08/2008
The latest round of negotiations between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog was constructive, an Iranian nuclear official said Friday.
- 19:37 08/08/2008
Russia is calling on Israel to immediately stop building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territories as it is frustrating the Middle East peace process, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday.
- 18:52 08/08/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered that humanitarian aid be provided to people affected by the ongoing conflict between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said on Friday.
- 18:42 08/08/2008
Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has denied he is the focus of a cult of personality in the Russian North Caucasus republic.
- 18:34 08/08/2008
Russian troops are approaching the capital of breakaway South Ossetia to help peacekeepers amid a spiraling conflict with Georgia, which tried to regain control of the region Friday, a top military spokesman said.
- 18:26 08/08/2008
- 16:53 08/08/2008
A passenger train smashed into a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic on Friday, killing at least 6 and injuring 31 others, local emergency officials said.
- 16:46 08/08/2008
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia will punish those guilty of killing Russian nationals in South Ossetia, where Georgia has been waging an offensive to regain control of the breakaway region.
- 16:36 08/08/2008
The official opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games has begun in the Chinese capital of Beijing and will last for over three hours.
- 15:12 08/08/2008
Two Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have completed a patrol mission over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic, a Russian Air Force spokesman said Friday.
- 15:02 08/08/2008
The second, final, group of Russian Air Force personnel will leave for Sudan Friday as part of a scheduled rotation of Russia's UN peacekeeping mission to the African country, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
- 14:35 08/08/2008
Russia will protect its nationals in South Ossetia, where Georgian troops are fighting to regain control over the breakaway region, the Defense Ministry said on Friday.
- 13:47 08/08/2008
A Russian warship from the Black Sea fleet departed on Friday from a naval base in Sevastopol to join a NATO-led counter-terror operation in the Mediterranean, a Navy spokesman said.
- 13:27 08/08/2008
The Bushehr nuclear power plant currently being built by Russia in southern Iran may be launched later in 2008, an Iranian vice president said on Friday.
- 12:56 08/08/2008
Georgia said on Friday it had seized control over almost all towns and villages in its breakaway republic of South Ossetia, following a major ground and air offensive.
- 11:55 08/08/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will chair an emergency meeting of the national Security Council in the next few hours to discuss the situation in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia, the president's spokesperson said on Friday.
