- 23:55 03/04/2009
At least 12 people were killed when a lone gunman stormed an immigration center in Binghamton, near New York, taking some 40 people hostage, American media said
- 22:33 03/04/2009
At least 13 people were killed and another 26 injured when a gunman stormed an immigration centre in Binghamton, near New York, American media reported.
- 21:35 03/04/2009
The U.S. and Uzbekistan signed on Friday an agreement on the transit of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman said.
- 21:30 03/04/2009
The next round of talks on a comprehensive Russia-EU partnership deal will be held in June, Russia's EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov said on Friday.
- 21:20 03/04/2009
Russia should stop bullying its neighbors to restore NATO's confidence, the Estonian president said in an interview with Austria's Der Standard on Friday.
- 21:17 03/04/2009
Police have surrounded an immigration centre in Binghamton, where an armed gunman is reported to have killed at least four people before taking some 40 people hostage, local radio said.
- 19:56 03/04/2009
The Sudanese government welcomed the decision by the U.S. to send a new special envoy to Khartoum, a representative of the Sudanese leader said on Friday.
- 19:02 03/04/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said Friday he would agree to early presidential elections only if they take place at the same time as parliamentary polls.
- 18:49 03/04/2009
The next round of talks on a comprehensive Russia-EU partnership deal will be held in June, Russia's EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov said on Friday.
- 18:34 03/04/2009
Turkey has asked for additional natural gas supplies from Russia from 2015, including via the Blue Stream-2 pipeline, the CEO of Russia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said on Friday.
- 18:15 03/04/2009
NATO should engage Russia and recognize that Moscow has legitimate interests, the U.S. president told journalists in the French city of Strasbourg on Friday ahead of a NATO summit.
- 17:30 03/04/2009
Russia will be concerned if NATO fails to secure victory in Afghanistan as it, along with its Central Asian allies, will be forced to deal with the consequences, Russia's NATO envoy told Russia's Vesti TV channel on Friday.
- 15:54 03/04/2009
Ukraine's opposition took to the streets of the capital Kiev on Friday demanding the president and government step down over the leadership's handling of the economy amid the global financial crisis.
- 14:31 03/04/2009
The landing of a Soyuz spacecraft with members of the 18th Expedition to the International Space Station and a U.S. tourist has been delayed by one day, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Friday.
- 13:54 03/04/2009
- 12:59 03/04/2009
Ukraine, which is seeking membership in NATO, has signed an agreement with the military alliance on the transit of non-military cargo across its territory to Afghanistan.
- 12:15 03/04/2009
A Russian diplomat previously accused of involvement in a plot to assassinate the Georgian president has been expelled from Latvia, the country's TV5 television reported.
- 11:45 03/04/2009
Dubai's police chief has promised to name the main suspect in the murder of former Chechen military commander Sulim Yamadayev as early as next week.
- 10:49 03/04/2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has harshly criticized the plans to overcome the global financial crisis announced by G20 leaders after their summit in London.
