- 22:19 04/08/2009
Deputy Assistant Secretary to the U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser on Tuesday handed Moscow additional recommendations on private banks operating with North Korea.
- 22:07 04/08/2009
The Russian and U.S. presidents reaffirmed in a telephone conversation on Tuesday their commitment to drawing up a new strategic arms reduction pact by December, the Kremlin said.
- 21:44 04/08/2009
A fuel slick stretching over 150 kilometers (93 miles) has formed off Norway's south coast from a damaged Chinese-owned freighter that ran aground four days ago, Russian officials said on Tuesday.
- 20:58 04/08/2009
- 20:32 04/08/2009
An international expedition is due to set off from the north Russian port of Murmansk Wednesday to follow the North East Passage around the Russian coast to highlight global warming, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
- 18:21 04/08/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to Turkey on the invitation of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on August 6, the Russian government's press office said on Tuesday.
- 18:13 04/08/2009
Russia has tightened security on part of the border with China due to an outbreak of pneumonic plague in the Qinghai province.
- 17:49 04/08/2009
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang on Tuesday, and conveyed a verbal message from President Barack Obama, the North's official media said.
- 17:46 04/08/2009
Palestinians want to make peace with Israel but reserve the right to resist the occupation, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday at the Fatah movement's first congress in 20 years.
- 16:50 04/08/2009
Russia has put its troops and border guards in South Ossetia on heightened alert over recent border provocations carried out by Georgia, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 16:41 04/08/2009
Fitch Ratings revised on Tuesday its forecast for Russia's GDP decline in 2009 from zero to 7%, but said the economy is likely to grow 3.5% next year.
- 16:36 04/08/2009
Moldova's central election commission confirmed on Tuesday the final results of early parliamentary polls, the country's election chief said.
- 15:51 04/08/2009
The Nissan St. Petersburg plant, which opened in early June, has closed down operations until August 16, the company said on Tuesday.
- 15:48 04/08/2009
A suicide bomber killed two people including one civilian and injured 17 others in southern Afghanistan's Zabul province on Tuesday, local officials said.
- 15:12 04/08/2009
Russia's grain harvest may total 85 million metric tons in 2009 compared with 108 million metric tons last year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
- 15:02 04/08/2009
Russia is planning to purchase a Mistral class large amphibious assault ship from France, a French business daily has said.
- 14:53 04/08/2009
A Russian senator said on Tuesday a historic meeting of the Palestinian movement Fatah could take the region out of the current deadlock and help ease tensions with Israel.
- 13:54 04/08/2009
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has agreed to star in a children's film set in Russia's Urals region, the film's producer
- 13:20 04/08/2009
At least one person was killed and several other passengers were injured on Tuesday when an airliner crashed on a popular Thai resort island, international media reported.
