- 21:58 23/09/2008
Serbia has submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations asking the UN International Court of Justice to assess the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in February. 
- 21:51 23/09/2008
Russia is negotiating with Cuba and Venezuela on the joint use of Russia's Glonass navigation satellites, the head of the federal space agency said on Tuesday.
- 21:44 23/09/2008
- 21:43 23/09/2008
Ten people were killed and two injured when a gunman opened fire on students at a vocational college in western Finland on Tuesday, national media quoted police as saying.
- 21:17 23/09/2008
U.S. President George W. Bush accused Russia on Tuesday of violating the UN Charter in its recent conflict with Georgia, and said the U.S. would continue to support Georgia.
- 19:51 23/09/2008
Egypt has sent a group of military experts to Sudan to coordinate the search for 19 people, including 11 foreigners, abducted in southwest Egypt last week, local television said on Tuesday.
- 19:35 23/09/2008
Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh confirmed Tuesday that two Russian military bases are to be stationed in the republic, recognized as an independent state by Moscow on August 26.
- 19:10 23/09/2008
China's launch later this week of a manned spacecraft will be geared toward economic and scientific goals with no military implications, the Xinhua news agency quoted the launch center's director as saying on Tuesday.
- 18:44 23/09/2008
The Palestinian National Authority is prepared for negotiations with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni if she becomes prime minister, the Palestinian ambassador to Russia said on Tuesday.
- 18:30 23/09/2008
Iran's president said on Tuesday that the current U.S. administration was to blame for the main problems facing the world today.
- 17:57 23/09/2008
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, whose reported illness has sparked fears of instability in the communist state, has made a partial recovery, South Korea's intelligence chief said on Tuesday.
- 17:40 23/09/2008
Chinese authorities have decided to tighten quality control over food products, medicine, toys, and furniture intended for export, the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
- 16:58 23/09/2008
Ukraine has started electricity imports from Russia as domestic thermal power plants experience problems with coal supplies, the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN said on Tuesday, citing the country's fuel and energy ministry.
- 16:40 23/09/2008
Russia will soon join international efforts to fight piracy off the Somalia coast, but will conduct its operations independently, the Navy commander said on Tuesday.
- 16:39 23/09/2008
Nine people were killed and two injured when a gunman opened fire at a vocational school in western Finland on Tuesday, national media quoted police as saying.
- 16:27 23/09/2008
Egypt has sent a group of military experts to Sudan to coordinate the search for 19 people, including 11 foreigners, abducted in southwest Egypt last week, local television said Tuesday.
- 15:44 23/09/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that new steps to define the country's southern Arctic boundary have nothing to do with territorial claims, and dismissed concerns voiced by foreign states.
- 15:38 23/09/2008
More than 70 people have been killed and some 300 injured in ethnically motivated violence in Russia so far this year, the deputy head of a think-tank dealing with the problem said Tuesday.
- 15:37 23/09/2008
Russia and Kazakhstan will conduct joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea in 2009, the commander of the Caspian flotilla said on Tuesday.
