- 23:01 24/09/2009
Russia's president has arrived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a summit of the Group of Twenty richest nations to move the focus onto trade and economic issues.
- 21:31 24/09/2009
Russia and the United States are discussing the possibility of slashing the number of nuclear weapon delivery vehicles by over 67%, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
- 19:36 24/09/2009
At least 10 Afghan militants from two opposing rival groups died in a shootout that lasted several hours in the country's western province of Herat, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
- 18:51 24/09/2009
An amateur treasure hunter has stumbled across the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found buried in a Staffordshire field in central England, local media said on Thursday.
- 18:41 24/09/2009
Russia and the United States are discussing the possibility of slashing the number of nuclear weapon delivery vehicles by three times, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
- 18:14 24/09/2009
The de-facto Honduran government on Thursday suspended a curfew put in place after ousted President Manuel Zelaya returned to the country and took refuge in the Brazilian embassy.
- 17:58 24/09/2009
Gaz de France Suez could by the end of this year become a shareholder in a project to build a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Europe, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Thursday.
- 17:49 24/09/2009
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Israeli government is the major stumbling block in Middle East peace efforts, the al-Hayat paper reported on Thursday.
- 17:11 24/09/2009
The European Federation of Agricultural Workers' Unions (EFA) urged European milk producers on Thursday not to use dairy products as a means of political pressure.
- 17:09 24/09/2009
Russia could increase its share on the world liquefied natural gas market to 25%, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Thursday.
- 16:27 24/09/2009
Spain on Thursday will extradite a Russian man accused of murder and theft in Russia's western city of Bryansk, the Prosecutor General's Office published on its website.
- 16:17 24/09/2009
Up to 20 workers died when a 100-meter high chimney, which was under construction, collapsed in central India, national media said on Thursday.
- 15:09 24/09/2009
The Arctic Sea cargo vessel and the Russian warship escorting it are believed to have left the Canary Islands, a source at the Las Palmas port said on Thursday.
- 15:01 24/09/2009
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Russian government could offer tax concessions for new gas deposits in the country.
- 14:00 24/09/2009
Ireland on Thursday will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country's most famous export beer, Guinness, the Irish Times has reported.
- 13:33 24/09/2009
Russia protested on Thursday a decision by the Polish parliament to condemn the Soviet "invasion" of Poland in 1939.
- 13:21 24/09/2009
Russia's Health Ministry said on Thursday its inclusion in the World Health Organization's list of countries with swine flu fatalities was based on unverified information.
- 13:21 24/09/2009
Alcohol consumption in Russia is more than double the critical level set by the World Health Organization, the interior minister said on Thursday.
- 13:04 24/09/2009
Colombia has appealed to Thailand over its decision not to extradite alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the U.S., the Kommersant daily reported on Thursday.
