- 21:45 21/07/2009
UN rights experts have offered Russia help in conducting an investigation into the murder of activist Natalya Estemirova, the UN press service said on Tuesday.
- 21:05 21/07/2009
Russia is willing to help both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict resume peace talks as soon as possible, Moscow's special envoy to the Middle East said on Tuesday.
- 19:48 21/07/2009
Nuclear cooperation between Russia and Myanmar is not in conflict with the Nonproliferation Treaty or IAEA requirements, and will move ahead, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 19:33 21/07/2009
Wednesday's solar eclipse, visible in India, China and Japan, will be the longest in the 21st century.
- 18:11 21/07/2009
The United States supports Ukraine's plans to join NATO, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
- 17:25 21/07/2009
Russia is against any arms race in the Arctic, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 17:18 21/07/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet on Wednesday in Thailand on the sidelines of an ASEAN meeting, a ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 16:57 21/07/2009
Taliban suicide bombers killed at least six people in two cities in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, a regional spokesman said.
- 16:26 21/07/2009
The U.S. vice president tours Ukraine and Georgia this week to persuade the two former Soviet states' embattled presidents not to cling on to power, a leading Russian daily said on Tuesday.
- 16:07 21/07/2009
The government of Azerbaijan and U.S.-based RV Investment Group signed on Tuesday a protocol on exporting gold from the South Caucasus republic.
- 13:31 21/07/2009
Israel plans to evacuate 23 unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank in a single day amid growing pressure from Washington over its controversial settlement policy, Haaretz reported on Monday.
- 12:57 21/07/2009
Russia's largest truck producer KamAZ announced on Tuesday net profits under Russian Accounting Standards of 54.96 million rubles ($1.8 million) in April-June 2009.
- 12:21 21/07/2009
The European Commission has announced it has frozen 65.5 million euros ($93 mln) in financial aid to Honduras over the political crisis following the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya last month.
- 11:13 21/07/2009
Kyrgyzstan intends to join the post-Soviet customs bloc of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the Kyrgyz ambassador to Kazakhstan said on Tuesday.
- 10:55 21/07/2009
Two astronauts from the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour carried out a spacewalk to mark the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon, NASA said on its website on Tuesday.
- 10:01 21/07/2009
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, forcing early elections to be held on August 30, the Kyodo News agency reported.
