- 22:19 27/08/2008
Russia is adhering to the six points of the original version of a peace deal brokered by France during Russia's recent conflict with Georgia over breakaway South Ossetia, the foreign minister said on Wednesday. 
- 21:59 27/08/2008
Georgia on Wednesday withdrew all but two of its diplomats from Russia a day after Moscow recognized Georgia's two rebel regions as independent, but Russia insisted that bilateral contacts must be maintained.
- 21:52 27/08/2008
- 21:43 27/08/2008
Russia will not return the weapons and military hardware its troops collected after Georgian forces abandoned them following their August 8 offensive on South Ossetia, Russia's chief military prosecutor said Wednesday.
- 21:00 27/08/2008
South Ossetia has transferred 85 captives to Georgia and received 13 prisoners in return, the rebel republic's human rights envoy said Wednesday.
- 20:57 27/08/2008
- 20:55 27/08/2008
Arctic sea ice has shrunk to its second lowest level since the start of satellite observations of the territory, and could melt further to exceed the 2007 record, a U.S. research group said.
- 20:53 27/08/2008
Russia's decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia constitutes a threat to all of Europe's security and undermines international law, the Ukrainian president said Wednesday.
- 20:35 27/08/2008
- 20:08 27/08/2008
The death toll caused by a flood triggered by heavy monsoon rains in north India's state of Bihar has reached 55 people, and over 120,000 have been forced to flee their homes, national television reported on Wednesday.
- 18:50 27/08/2008
The president of China told his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that his country would continue to support the decision to hold 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's resort city of Sochi.
- 18:49 27/08/2008
Russia's NATO envoy said on Wednesday the country will stand by its decision to recognize the independence of Georgia's separatist provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
- 18:39 27/08/2008
Russia may decide to accept more international military observers in the Georgian 'buffer zone' between Abkhazia and South Ossetia, where Russia maintains a peacekeeping presence, the foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 18:33 27/08/2008
- 18:25 27/08/2008
The South Ossetian president confirmed on Wednesday his intention to allow the Russian military to set up a base in the republic.
- 17:51 27/08/2008
Russia counts on Belarus to follow its lead and recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent countries, Moscow's envoy to Minsk said on Wednesday.
- 16:52 27/08/2008
A second United States naval vessel carrying humanitarian aid docked at the Georgian port of Batumi on Wednesday, amid Russian accusations that the ships are bringing arms to bolster the Georgian military.
- 16:26 27/08/2008
- 16:02 27/08/2008
Georgia may sever all diplomatic relations with Russia, Reintegration Minister Timur Yakobashvili warned Wednesday.
