- 21:57 14/07/2009
Two Israeli Defense Force (IDF) warships have crossed the Suez Canal, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, according to media reports on Tuesday.
- 21:56 14/07/2009
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday Russia is refusing to hold talks with Kiev on the delimitation of the Kerch Strait.
- 21:25 14/07/2009
A fourth person infected with A/H1N1 has been diagnosed in Russia as the global number of swine flu cases surpassed 113,000 people, Russia's chief sanitary doctor said on Tuesday.
- 20:24 14/07/2009
Russia is not planning to abandon its naval base in Sevastopol, Ukraine, but will nevertheless re-enforce Black Sea fleet facilities within Russia, the chief of General Staff said on Tuesday.
- 19:47 14/07/2009
About 3,000 troops, 300 armored vehicles and over 40 aircraft and helicopters have arrived for joint Russian-Chinese antiterrorism exercises, a spokesman for the Ground Force said on Tuesday.
- 19:39 14/07/2009
Libya plans to build a new school in the Gaza Strip, to be named after Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Palestinian radio reported on Tuesday.
- 18:45 14/07/2009
The next round of talks between Russia and the United States on a new strategic arms reduction treaty will be held on July 22-24 in Geneva, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
- 18:26 14/07/2009
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is set to ask Egyptian mediators to postpone the final round of inter-Palestinian dialogue scheduled for late July, a Fatah spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 18:25 14/07/2009
The European Union's foreign policy chief will visit Kosovo on Tuesday as part of his Balkan tour, to discuss strengthening ties with the former Serbian province.
- 17:50 14/07/2009
Michael Jackson's former wife, Debbie Rowe, has given up custody rights over their two children for a reported $4 million, the New York Post quoted a family source as saying.
- 17:07 14/07/2009
Ukraine should build relations with Russia on principles of equality without sacrificing national interests, which would require a "resetting," the Ukrainian prime minister said on Tuesday.
- 17:07 14/07/2009
Production of the world-famous Darjeeling tea in northeast India has been brought to a standstill by a strike led by an ethnic Nepali separatist group, national media said.
- 16:56 14/07/2009
Noise from a local building site is being blamed for the death of around 270,000 American frogs at a nearby farm in south China, the China Daily reported on Tuesday.
- 15:48 14/07/2009
A woman and her child were wounded in a suspected terrorist blast late on Monday in the southern Serbian town of Presevo, on the border with Kosovo, regional media reported
- 15:29 14/07/2009
A roundtable has been held at the UN to pay tribute to ex-Soviet foreign minster Andrei Gromyko ahead of what would have been the 100th birthday of the man labeled "Mister No" in the West.
- 14:50 14/07/2009
Russia’s Kruzenshtern sailing ship has left the U.S. port of Boston and headed for Canada’s Halifax, taking part in the final stage of an international tall ships regatta
- 14:33 14/07/2009
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has paid a visit to a new tile factory to give "field guidance" to workers, the country's official news agency reported.
- 13:51 14/07/2009
China's Health Ministry has banned using electric-shock therapy to treat teenagers who are addicted to the Internet, national media reported on Tuesday.
- 13:43 14/07/2009
The legislature of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, which is to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, unanimously approved on Tuesday the city's development plan despite objections from environmentalists.
