- 22:48 07/08/2009
Washington has briefed Moscow on the outcome of former President Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
- 22:48 07/08/2009
Tokyo does not link Moscow's rejection of Japanese humanitarian aid for the Kuril Islands with recent legislation on the disputed territories passed by Japan's parliament, the Japanese Embassy said on Friday.
- 20:17 07/08/2009
Official WHO figures record 1,550 deaths from swine flu worldwide and more than 200,000 confirmed cases, Russia's consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Friday.
- 17:04 07/08/2009
At least 37 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in a series of attacks in Iraq, al-Jazeera said on Friday.
- 16:26 07/08/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed a decree on Friday approving a national program for 2009 aimed at preparing the country to join NATO, the presidential press service said.
- 14:32 07/08/2009
President Hugo Chavez has ruled out involving mediators in the resolution a diplomatic spat between Venezuela and Colombia over the deployment of additional U.S. troops at Colombian
- 13:31 07/08/2009
The number of people infected with swine flu in the world has exceeded 199,000, Russia's consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Monday quoting the data of a World Health Organization regional bureau.
- 12:42 07/08/2009
The criminal investigation into the alleged genocide and mass murder of civilians during the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war has been extended until February 2010, an official spokesperson said on Friday.
- 11:11 07/08/2009
The European Union can not turn its back on direct dialogue with the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia's envoy to the EU said.
- 10:24 07/08/2009
Russia's top investigation committee announced on Friday that the number of Russian service personnel killed during the brief military conflict with Georgia in August last year now stands at 67.
- 09:40 07/08/2009
The U.S. senate confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Hispanic and only the third woman to be appointed to the country's highest court.
