- 23:34 23/09/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that Iran should be given until December to meet international demands over its nuclear program
- 23:33 23/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in Singapore on the sidelines of an APEC summit in November, a Kremlin aide said
- 23:00 23/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama will concentrate on Iran during talks on Wednesday in New York, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said
- 22:29 23/09/2009
A U.S.-mediated meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was "ineffectual," a deputy head of the Arab League said
- 21:13 23/09/2009
New Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday that he wants to resolve a territorial dispute with Russia and conclude a peace agreement.
- 21:09 23/09/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama warned the leaders of North Korea and Iran on Wednesday that they would be "held accountable" if they continued to disregard international law.
- 21:06 23/09/2009
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested on Wednesday moving the United Nations Headquarters from New York to Beijing or New Delhi.
- 19:03 23/09/2009
The Russian Navy's Ladny frigate will provide security for the Arctic Sea vessel until it is handed over to its owners, a high-ranking military official said on Wednesday.
- 18:56 23/09/2009
Authorities in Bedford north of New York City are up in arms over due to the appearance of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's tent in the town, CNN reported on Wednesday.
- 18:41 23/09/2009
Russian energy giant Gazprom completed on Wednesday a deal to buy a 51% stake in SeverEnergia from Italian co-owners Eni and Enel for $1.6 billion.
- 18:34 23/09/2009
Spanish police have detained a pilot suspected of involvement in the state-sanctioned murder of dissidents during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina.
- 17:11 23/09/2009
United Co. Rusal, the world's biggest aluminum producer, has filed an appeal against a Guinean court ruling that overturned its deal to buy the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex.
- 17:03 23/09/2009
The Russian government approved on Wednesday the draft budget for 2010 with a budget deficit of 6.8% of GDP, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said.
- 16:56 23/09/2009
Iran's religious police have warned shopkeepers not to display mannequins dressed in ways that fail to conform to Islamic values, the state IRNA news agency said on Wednesday.
- 15:47 23/09/2009
Sixty giant pandas relocated from China's southwestern Sichuan province after a devastating earthquake in May 2008 are to return to their home in 2012, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
- 15:32 23/09/2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for toughening international pressure on Iran and using "crippling sanctions" regardless whether talks go ahead on Iran's nuclear program or not.
- 15:28 23/09/2009
Almost 5,000 soldiers will march through Tiananmen Square at a military parade to mark 60 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, a Chinese military official said on Wednesday.
- 15:16 23/09/2009
Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz plans to purchase up to 1.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Gazprom in September, Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan said on Wednesday.
- 15:14 23/09/2009
Estonia has removed a Russian MP from a "blacklist" of officials, who are prohibited from entering the Baltic States and other Schengen countries, a national newspaper reported on Wednesday.
