- 15:00 16/02/2009
The Kyrgyz government submitted to parliament on Monday a bill terminating deals with all 11 countries which use a U.S. airbase at Manas airport, a government spokesman said. 
- 15:00 16/02/2009
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will pay an official visit to Russia as head of an Italian business delegation in early April, the country's foreign minister said on Monday.
- 14:37 16/02/2009
Neither Hamas nor Hezbollah will send delegates to a Middle East peace conference in Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday.
- 14:31 16/02/2009
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic is due to pay a short visit to Moscow on Friday to sign an agreement on visa-free travel with Russia, a source Serbian Embassy said on Monday.
- 14:19 16/02/2009
At least $2 million paid to Somali pirates to free a Ukrainian cargo ship was provided by "unknown Ukrainians" headed by the president, and not the ship's owners, a Russian newspaper reported on Monday.
- 13:44 16/02/2009
Russian state-controlled arms exporter Rosoboronexport has a foreign orders portfolio of $20 billion, company official Nikolai Dimidyuk said on Monday.
- 13:21 16/02/2009
- 12:56 16/02/2009
The Russian government has instructed ministries to cut spending by another 15% on top of the 15% budget cuts approved late last year, a business paper reported on Monday.
- 12:34 16/02/2009
An attempt by South Korean activists to float 20,000 helium balloons carrying money and messages across the demilitarized border with the North failed on Monday due to strong headwinds, national media said.
- 12:04 16/02/2009
North Korea blasted on Monday media rumors that it was planning to test a long-range missile, describing a possible rocket launch as part of a domestic space program.
- 10:55 16/02/2009
Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel announced on Monday it was suspending nickel production at its Black Swan and Lake Johnston sites in Western Australia amid falling world nickel prices.
- 10:20 16/02/2009
Five people were killed after an aircraft crashed near an airport in central Iran, the IRNA official news agency reported.
- 10:19 16/02/2009
China and the United States are planning to resume dialogue on defense issues in February, a Chinese daily said on Monday, citing military sources in both countries.
- 09:38 16/02/2009
The Venezuelan people won a great victory in voting to end presidential term limits, President Hugo Chavez told thousands of supporters in Caracas.
