- 22:36 01/10/2009
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will receive an award in Berlin for his pivotal role in the collapse of European communism at a ceremony marking reunification day, the award organizers said.
- 22:16 01/10/2009
Iran is engaged in discussions with the United Nations nuclear watchdog on the extent of future inspections at the country's second uranium enrichment plant, the foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 20:45 01/10/2009
The death toll from two earthquakes that hit Indonesia's Sumatra island this week has risen to 770, with about 2,400 injured, officials said on Thursday.
- 20:14 01/10/2009
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday that the ongoing international nuclear talks in Switzerland have been progressing in a constructive atmosphere.
- 19:29 01/10/2009
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator called on Thursday for global nuclear disarmament at a meeting with six world powers in Switzerland.
- 18:30 01/10/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday dialogue with European partners on issues related to human rights should be politically unbiased.
- 18:14 01/10/2009
The European Commission will grant Moldova 7 million euros ($10 million) for the implementation of institutional projects, Belgian media reported on Thursday.
- 17:38 01/10/2009
Russia's Defense Ministry is preparing a response to a U.S. revision of its missile shield plans in Central Europe, the Russian defense minister said on Thursday.
- 17:22 01/10/2009
Russia's Reserve Fund decreased 3.7% to 2.298 trillion rubles ($76.37 billion) while the National Welfare Fund shrank 0.9% to 2.764 trillion rubles ($91.86 billion) in September, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.
- 17:19 01/10/2009
At least 45 people have died in floods in southern India, the IANS news agency reported on Thursday.
- 16:43 01/10/2009
Talks between six world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program kicked off in Geneva on Thursday.
- 16:24 01/10/2009
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted on Thursday to reject Georgia's motion to deprive Russia of voting rights over last year's conflict in South Ossetia.
- 16:10 01/10/2009
Russia is not meeting its obligations under the peace plan aimed at resolving the conflict between Georgia and Russia over breakaway regions of S. Ossetia and Abkhazia, the French foreign minister said Thursday.
- 15:48 01/10/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he was counting on constructive dialogue with France on a number of global issues, including European security.
- 15:45 01/10/2009
Russia will send on Thursday rescue workers, doctors and a mobile hospital to Indonesia after devastating earthquakes left hundreds dead in the archipelago, an Emergency Services Ministry spokesman said.
- 15:32 01/10/2009
A Georgian opposition leader on Thursday accused the country's authorities of covering up the findings of an EU-commissioned report on the August 2008 war in South Ossetia.
- 15:22 01/10/2009
Russia's president and prime minister sent congratulations to China on Thursday as the country celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the communist state.
- 14:38 01/10/2009
Russia's international reserves comprising gold, foreign exchange and a range of other assets grew 0.24% to $412.7 billion in the week of September 18-25, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
- 14:35 01/10/2009
Iskander tactical missiles have never been deployed in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad despite the threat to use them in response to U.S missile shield plans, the commander of the Russian Navy said Thursday.
