- 20:00 27/03/2009
The French father of a 3-year-old girl kidnapped in France last Friday said he was ready to conclude an amicable settlement agreement with his ex-wife if the Russian court allowed him to see his daughter. 
- 19:26 27/03/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents will discuss the issue of Iran's nuclear program at their upcoming meeting in London, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday.
- 17:58 27/03/2009
A deputy Russian foreign minister has joined international criticism of North Korea's planned launch of a rocket, warning the reclusive communist country on Friday against increasing tensions in the region.
- 17:57 27/03/2009
Russia is ready to actively contribute to normalization of the situation in Afghanistan, President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday in a welcome message to the participants of an international conference.
- 17:05 27/03/2009
Belarus will pay about $148 per 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas supplied by Russia in the first three months of the year, the Russian Embassy in Minsk said on Friday.
- 16:57 27/03/2009
The French father of a 3-year-old girl kidnapped in France last Friday said he was ready to conclude an amicable settlement agreement with his ex-wife if the Russian court allowed him to see his daughter.
- 16:45 27/03/2009
- 16:36 27/03/2009
Russia will create by 2020 a group of forces to protect its political and economic interests in the Arctic, but does not plan to militarize the region, a spokesman for the Russian Security Council said on Friday.
- 15:13 27/03/2009
A spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's president rejected on Friday reports that the country is considering allowing U.S. troops to remain at the Manas airbase.
- 14:46 27/03/2009
The board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) failed to elect a new director general for the second day on Friday.
- 14:40 27/03/2009
At least 37 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in China on Friday, local media said.
- 14:02 27/03/2009
Moscow suggests holding a ministerial meeting of the Russia-NATO Council between May 18 and June 6, Russia's NATO envoy said on Friday.
- 13:58 27/03/2009
Pakistan is seeking full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) a regional security group, the Pakistani Foreign Minister told an international conference in Moscow on Friday.
- 12:51 27/03/2009
There are no plans for bilateral Iranian-U.S. talks at the conference on Afghanistan currently being held in Moscow, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhundzadeh told journalists.
- 12:40 27/03/2009
- 12:27 27/03/2009
European Parliament members have objected to plans to invite the president of Belarus to a summit of EU and ex-Soviet states, citing his failure to end human rights violations, a spokesman said.
- 12:12 27/03/2009
- 11:34 27/03/2009
A deputy Russian foreign minister has joined international criticism of North Korea's planned launch of a rocket, cautioning the reclusive-communist country against increasing tensions in the region.
- 11:14 27/03/2009
The Hong Kong Marine Department has warned that maritime traffic in Victoria Harbor, in the center of the southern Chinese city, could be halted to prevent harm to a stranded whale, the South China Morning Post said.
