- 23:08 15/09/2009
Georgia said on Tuesday it would resist any attempts by Russia to detain its ships in the waters of its former province of Abkhazia.
- 21:32 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Moscow's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 20:57 15/09/2009
The Finnish-operated Arctic Sea cargo vessel, which is on its way back to Russia after being hijacked in late July, is to call at the port of Las Palmas, a Spanish marine spokesperson said on Tuesday.
- 20:28 15/09/2009
At least 23 Taliban militants have been killed in NATO airstrikes in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, an Afghan Army spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 20:05 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Tuesday that he saw no possibility of restoring bilateral relations with Georgia under its current leader, Mikheil Saakashvili.
- 19:38 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a group of top foreign and Russian analysts on Tuesday that he believes efforts to find an alternative to the UN are "dangerous" and called the European security system insufficient.
- 18:49 15/09/2009
Egyptian authorities have opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip for three days, Palestinian radio reported on Tuesday.
- 18:47 15/09/2009
Moscow is ready to discuss any issues with the United States, even those on which they strongly disagree, the Russian president said on Tuesday.
- 18:33 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Iran's recent proposals to six world powers on global issues require careful analysis and no hasty conclusions should be made.
- 17:43 15/09/2009
The international community will continue to need the G20 for some time in the future, as the G8 format struggles to cope with the ongoing global credit crunch, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 17:04 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday he hopes North Korea will pay attention to international appeals to stop nuclear tests and launches.
- 16:56 15/09/2009
The Russian premier's spokesman confirmed on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart had discussed France's possible role in the South Stream gas pipeline, but only in general.
- 16:37 15/09/2009
An Iraqi journalist, who was jailed after he threw his shoes at then-U.S. president George Bush last December, was released from prison on Tuesday, CNN reported.
- 15:19 15/09/2009
A Kremlin aide predicted on Tuesday the establishment of five or six currency unions based on new reserve currencies within the next ten years.
- 15:17 15/09/2009
Elton John did not submit an application to adopt a Ukrainian boy during the pop icon's visit to an orphanage in the Donetsk Region last week.
- 15:14 15/09/2009
Russia signed on Tuesday agreements on military cooperation with the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
- 14:29 15/09/2009
Over 20 African countries will participate in a South America-Africa Summit to be held on Venezuela's Margarita Island on September 26-27.
- 14:22 15/09/2009
Naftogaz will hold talks on natural gas supplies with Russian monopoly Gazprom in Moscow on Tuesday amid media speculation that Ukraine's national energy firm will seek to revise the current gas deals.
- 12:33 15/09/2009
Russia's Admiral Tributs destroyer and the Chinese Zhoushan frigate have successfully escorted a convoy of 18 commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden.
