- 21:53 03/07/2009
Russia and the U.S. will both benefit from a new strategic arms reduction agreement, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Friday.
- 21:06 03/07/2009
At least 26 Pakistani service personnel were killed on Friday in a helicopter crash in a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan, Pakistan's English-language newspaper, The Nation, said.
- 21:06 03/07/2009
Italy's council of ministers approved imposing a state of emergency on Friday in the Italian town of Viareggio hit by a powerful gas blast late on Monday.
- 20:40 03/07/2009
Russia is ready for effective cooperation with the new U.S. administration led by President Barack Obama, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
- 18:57 03/07/2009
An intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be signed on July 13 in Ankara, Turkey by 12 member states, a spokesman for the European Commission's energy policy said on Friday.
- 18:55 03/07/2009
A new law passed by Japan's parliament calling the south Kuril islands a part of Japan is merely a propaganda move, as Russia has no plans to hand the islands over, a Russian expert on the issue said on Friday.
- 18:02 03/07/2009
A lawyer for Irina Belenkaya, a Russian woman embroiled in a custody battle with her estranged French husband over their daughter, has said a French court's decision to award custody to the father could be reviewed.
- 17:58 03/07/2009
The G8 summit in Italy next week will involve some 30 countries and focus on the global financial crisis, tackling terrorism, climate change and regional security, a Russian presidential aide said Friday.
- 17:42 03/07/2009
Russia will work to boost the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and hopes the election of a new director general will advance joint projects, Russia's state nuclear corporation said on Friday.
- 17:34 03/07/2009
St. Petersburg politicians want to take legal action against pop star Madonna after she swore in a taped promo message for her upcoming concert, a government newspaper reported Friday.
- 17:10 03/07/2009
The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that the Russian and U.S. presidents would sign a key framework arms control agreement during President Barack Obama's visit next week.
- 16:44 03/07/2009
Russia and the U.S. will sign deals expanding bilateral military ties and on transit of military supplies via Russia to U.S. troops in Afghanistan during the U.S. president's visit to Moscow, a Kremlin aide said.
- 16:34 03/07/2009
Days of heavy rain caused a mudslide at a reservoir in southern China with more than 7,440 people forced to flee their homes, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
- 15:40 03/07/2009
Michael Jackson's promoter has announced that 11,000 free tickets would be available to the public for the King of Pop's memorial service, to be held next Tuesday in LA.
- 15:31 03/07/2009
Only 5% of Russians polled in a recent survey believe U.S.-Russian relations are friendly, a pollster said on Friday.
- 15:19 03/07/2009
Georgia's parliament could introduce a ban on all foreign movies being dubbed into Russian, Azerbaijan's Trend News agency reported on Friday citing a top Georgian lawmaker.
- 15:02 03/07/2009
Russia is setting up a permanent investigation mission in the Gulf of Aden to participate in international efforts to fight piracy at sea off Somalia, the chief investigator said on Friday.
- 14:49 03/07/2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said his country is suspending oil supplies to Honduras over the recent coup in the Central American country, Spain's EFE news agency said on Friday.
- 14:42 03/07/2009
Russia's security agencies and police are taking heightened security measures ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Moscow next week, a security official said on Friday.
