- 22:04 08/09/2009
At least 159 people have died and some 600,000 have been affected by heavy rains and floods in West Africa since June, a United Nations humanitarian agency said
- 21:34 08/09/2009
Seven candidates are expected to run against the incumbent president, Evo Morales, in Bolivia's December election, national media reported on Tuesday.
- 21:05 08/09/2009
A Georgian appeals court released on Tuesday the jailed captain of a Turkish tanker, and passed a more lenient sentence.
- 20:34 08/09/2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be in Russia on Thursday and Friday as part of his 11-day world tour, the Kremlin said.
- 19:47 08/09/2009
Moscow will host an international conference on Sudan on October 6-7, the Russian president's envoy for settlement of the long-running conflict in the African state said on Tuesday.
- 18:47 08/09/2009
A Sudanese female journalist convicted of indecency for wearing trousers was freed on Tuesday, the Sudanese Union of Journalists said.
- 18:27 08/09/2009
Two militants died in a shootout with security forces in Ingushetia's largest city, a Federal Security Service (FSB) spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 17:50 08/09/2009
The son of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi has denied media reports that the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing is on his deathbed.
- 17:17 08/09/2009
The Russian foreign minister on Tuesday dismissed accusations that the director of the UN nuclear watchdog was holding back information on Iran's nuclear issue.
- 16:48 08/09/2009
Russian investigators said on Tuesday they had searched the Arctic Sea vessel and found only lumber registered in the ship's cargo log.
- 15:45 08/09/2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Russia on Thursday and Friday as part of his 11-day world tour.
- 15:36 08/09/2009
Net private capital outflow from Russia totaled $16.1 billion in July and declined almost 50% in August month on month.
- 15:36 08/09/2009
Russia hopes to hold before December at least five rounds of talks with the United States on a new arms reduction deal to replace the existing START-1 treaty, the Russian foreign minister said Tuesday.
- 14:57 08/09/2009
Russia could soon face a slump in oil and gas production following a five-fold reduction in geological prospecting.
- 14:17 08/09/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed on Tuesday media speculation that the Arctic Sea cargo ship, recently hijacked in the Atlantic, was carrying missiles for S-300 air defense systems.
- 13:53 08/09/2009
The U.S. and Russian presidents will meet in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss progress towards a new bilateral arms control treaty.
- 13:29 08/09/2009
Washington may consider bilateral talks with N. Korea in the future, but not as a substitute for six-party talks on the country's nuclear disarmament.
- 13:26 08/09/2009
Moscow's refusal to amend gas contracts with Ukraine is putting transits to Europe under threat.
- 12:48 08/09/2009
At least three people were killed and 10 wounded in a suicide bombing at the international airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Al-Jazeera reported on Tuesday.
