- 21:00 21/08/2009
Seventy years ago on August 23, 1939 a non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany was signed.
- 20:21 21/08/2009
The Finnish owner of the Arctic Sea ship, which was missing in the Atlantic for more than two weeks until it was found on Monday, wants reliable information on the crew
- 20:11 21/08/2009
A delegation of the United States Marine Corps arrived in Georgia on Friday to discuss military cooperation between the countries
- 19:29 21/08/2009
Ukraine's parliament overrode President Viktor Yushchenko's veto on a presidential election law at an emergency session on Friday.
- 19:23 21/08/2009
The launch of the first reactor of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, being built on a Russian design in India, has been postponed from December 2009 to 2010
- 18:52 21/08/2009
Most Ukrainians want better relations with Russia, but would not want a single currency or unification of state institutions
- 17:07 21/08/2009
A Russian businessman of Georgian origin has filed a lawsuit with a Tbilisi court against a senior Georgian lawmaker and demanded 10 million euros ($14.2 million) in compensation for damage to his dignity and business reputation.
- 16:58 21/08/2009
Russia and Ecuador have signed a memorandum on civilian nuclear power cooperation
- 16:11 21/08/2009
South Ossetia will seek to join the union being formed by Russia and Belarus
- 16:08 21/08/2009
Rosoboronexport and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) have signed a contract at the MAKS-2009 air show on the delivery of 26 RD-33 series 3 engines to India
- 15:53 21/08/2009
The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a new long-term contract for imports by a U.S. company of Russian low-enriched uranium
- 15:45 21/08/2009
Greek firefighters have brought under control a series of forest fires that hit the country earlier this week
- 14:57 21/08/2009
Russia has delivered 2,500 metric tons of flour as food aid to Zimbabwe
- 14:42 21/08/2009
The U.S. has successfully fired the Airborne Laser's (ABL) weapon's system megawatt-class Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) in flight
- 14:11 21/08/2009
Russia's probe into the hijacking of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel is likely to involve the law enforcement agencies of other countries
- 13:13 21/08/2009
A joint exercise by member states of a post-Soviet regional security grouping will go ahead as planned, the head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Friday.
- 13:12 21/08/2009
South Korea has postponed the launch of its first carrier rocket from the Naro Space Center until August 25, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
- 12:09 21/08/2009
The number of officially confirmed Typhoon Morakot victims has reached 153, with 464 people missing and feared buried in landslides, China's Sina news agency reported on Friday.
- 11:58 21/08/2009
Spokesmen for incumbent President Hamid Karzai and ex-premier Abdullah Abdullah have both said their candidate won an outright majority in Thursday's presidential polls, national media said on Friday.
