- 22:42 30/09/2009
At least 75 people were killed on Wednesday when a powerful earthquake hit the Indonesian city of Padang, where around three quarters of the buildings were destroyed, a health official said.
- 21:57 30/09/2009
Russia's missile-defense proposals, including the joint use of its radar facilities, are still on the table, a presidential press secretary said on Wednesday.
- 21:56 30/09/2009
Israel is to release 20 Palestinian women from prison in exchange for a video that could prove an Israeli soldier abducted three years ago is alive, the Israeli prime minister's office said on Wednesday.
- 21:38 30/09/2009
Russian officials and politicians welcomed the EU-commissioned report on the Russia-Georgia war last August, dismissing its criticism of excessive use of force.
- 20:03 30/09/2009
The August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia was started by Tbilisi's unjustified military attack on South Ossetia, concludes an independent report commissioned by the EU and published on Wednesday.
- 19:49 30/09/2009
The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the arrest of an Estonian national suspected of involvement in the seizure of the Arctic Sea merchant vessel in July, a court spokesperson said.
- 19:42 30/09/2009
Russia reiterated on Wednesday that it expected Iran to cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear program.
- 18:40 30/09/2009
Inflation in Russia could be below 11% in 2009, the Central Bank chief said on Wednesday.
- 18:32 30/09/2009
The death toll from a tsunami that hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa on Wednesday has risen to at least 99, with dozens of people missing, Taiwan News reported.
- 18:03 30/09/2009
China Investment Corporation (CIC) has paid $939 million for a stake in Kazakh oil and gas company KazMunaiGas (KMG), the Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.
- 17:34 30/09/2009
Moldova's accession to NATO is unnecessary and could dramatically worsen its relations with Russia, a Moldovan political analyst said on Wednesday.
- 17:23 30/09/2009
Moscow will continue its cooperation in the social and economic development of the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 16:47 30/09/2009
The EU-commissioned report on the Russia-Georgia war in August 2008 has put the blame on Tbilisi for starting the conflict, Russia's ambassador to the European Union said on Wednesday.
- 16:46 30/09/2009
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan denied on Wednesday claims that Armenia was coming under international pressure to mend ties with Turkey.
- 16:33 30/09/2009
Russia's gross domestic product will reach its pre-crisis levels in the third quarter of 2012, the World Bank's chief economist for Russia said on Wednesday.
- 16:24 30/09/2009
Pensioners in Moldova's capital Chisinau blocked the city's main highway on Wednesday in protest against rising fees for public transport and utilities.
- 16:07 30/09/2009
Customs officers at Krasnodar international airport in southern Russia have prevented an attempt to smuggle components for a MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter aircraft to Syria, a customs press secretary said on Wednesday.
- 15:46 30/09/2009
Russia criticized on Wednesday PACE's demand that it admit more EU monitors to two former Georgia republics, saying a request should have been addressed directly to the republics' leaderships.
- 15:38 30/09/2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will pay an official visit to Belarus in October.
