- 21:54 02/02/2009
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko expressed concern over the build-up of Georgian troops on the border with South Ossetia at a meeting with EU envoys in Moscow on Monday. 
- 21:26 02/02/2009
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, the new head of the African Union, said on Monday he would continue to press for the creation of a pan-African state, an Egyptian TV channel reported.
- 21:21 02/02/2009
The Ukrainian parliament has come to a preliminary agreement on a decree to set the country's next parliamentary elections for January 17, 2010, a deputy speaker told journalists on Monday.
- 19:47 02/02/2009
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in the Holy See, on Monday handed Russian Patriarch Kirill a personal message from Pope Benedict XVI.
- 19:33 02/02/2009
- 19:00 02/02/2009
An official UEFA delegation arrived in Ukraine on Monday to check on the country's preparations to joint host the Euro 2012 soccer championships, the Ukrainian government said.
- 18:59 02/02/2009
A Syrian-based Hamas leader said on Monday that the group was planning to file charges in an international court against the Israeli leadership over its 3-week-long offensive in the Gaza Strip.
- 18:40 02/02/2009
- 17:37 02/02/2009
Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov is due to pay a visit to Moscow on February 4-6, with talks on gas compensation likely to be one of the issues under discussion.
- 17:35 02/02/2009
- 17:04 02/02/2009
- 16:47 02/02/2009
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said there are grounds to be optimistic about relations between Russia and the United States.
- 16:41 02/02/2009
Pirates have demanded a $6 million ransom for the release of the German gas tanker Longchamp that was captured last Thursday in the Gulf of Aden, German N-24 television reported on Monday.
- 16:23 02/02/2009
- 16:10 02/02/2009
The head of the Church of England has congratulated the new leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on his election and invited him to Britain.
- 16:04 02/02/2009
Activists in South Korea plan to use helium balloons to float money over the demilitarized border with the North to mark the leader of the communist state's birthday, regional media reports said on Monday.
- 15:57 02/02/2009
Russia will use an upcoming air show in India to showcase its MiG-35 advanced jet fighter, a contender to win an Indian fighter tender, an official from Russia's state arms exporter said on Monday.
- 15:51 02/02/2009
- 15:04 02/02/2009
Doctors have removed almost all the dioxin from the body of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, his doctor said at a news conference on Monday.
