- 21:27 26/08/2009
Six people were killed after an ageing Soviet-made An-12 cargo plane crashed on Wednesday some 20 km (12.5 miles) from the capital of Congo, Brazzaville.
- 19:49 26/08/2009
Moldova's government has formally resigned, Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii said on Wednesday.
- 19:35 26/08/2009
The leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite political groups died of lung cancer in Tehran on Wednesday, party officials said.
- 19:29 26/08/2009
Afghanistan's incumbent president, Hamid Karzai, has a 10% lead over his nearest rival after 17.2% of the vote in last week's presidential polls have been counted, election officials said Wednesday.
- 18:54 26/08/2009
Russia will continue to give its full support to the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and will not allow the events of last August to recur, Russia's prime minister said on Wednesday.
- 18:27 26/08/2009
The newly-built gas pipeline in the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia costs 15 billion rubles ($476 million), a deputy CEO of Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday.
- 16:41 26/08/2009
A Russian court has formally impounded the Finnish-owned Arctic Sea merchant vessel, which was allegedly seized by hijackers and freed by the Russian Navy, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
- 16:14 26/08/2009
Russia has reduced the number of its personnel stationed at military bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia to 1,700 in each republic, the chief of the General Staff said on Wednesday.
- 16:13 26/08/2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy, the last surviving brother of former President John F Kennedy, died of brain cancer at his home in Massachusetts on Wednesday at the age of 77
- 15:38 26/08/2009
Russia is planning on signing by the end of 2009 a contractual agreement with France on the purchase of a Mistral class amphibious assault ship, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Wednesday.
- 15:27 26/08/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said again on Wednesday he had no regrets about recognizing the independence of the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia one year ago.
- 15:27 26/08/2009
Indian President Pratibha Patil will make an official visit to Russia from September 2-6 at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
- 14:34 26/08/2009
At least 43 people died and 65 were wounded when a bomb blast shook the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said
- 14:28 26/08/2009
Production of Russia's troubled Bulava ballistic missile has been moved to another manufacturer following reports of the faults in the production cycle, the chief of the Russian General Staff said Wednesday.
- 14:17 26/08/2009
Egyptian authorities have opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for two days to allow people to return to the Palestinian enclave, national radio said on Wednesday.
- 13:43 26/08/2009
The Indian Navy has suspended flights of its fleet of carrier-based Sea Harrier fighter jets following a fatal crash of one of the aircraft off Goa last week, local media reported.
- 13:17 26/08/2009
Russia and the U.S. have yet to decide on where to place a joint control point to observe rocket launches by foreign countries, Russia's chief of staff said on Wednesday.
- 11:41 26/08/2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy, the last surviving brother of former President John F Kennedy, died of brain cancer at his home in Massachusetts on Wednesday at the age of 77.
- 11:00 26/08/2009
Presidential elections will be held in Honduras on November 29, even if they are not internationally recognized, the country's interim leader told a delegation from the Organization of American States.
