- 22:44 02/12/2009
Moscow sees the basic points of the U.S. new strategy on Afghanistan outlined by President Barack Obama in his address to the nation on Tuesday night as being positive, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
- 21:17 02/12/2009
The Polish defense minister said on Wednesday Poland will send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
- 20:33 02/12/2009
An Afghan lawmaker has criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy on Afghanistan outlined in his address to the nation on Tuesday night.
- 18:28 02/12/2009
A team of Russian and German doctors has said that injured Russian bobsleigher Irina Skvortsova, currently in an induced coma, must remain in a German hospital for further treatment.
- 18:23 02/12/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev approved on Wednesday the federal budget for 2010 and basic budget parameters through 2012.
- 17:54 02/12/2009
Dubai World's request for a delay in repayment of a huge bond issue is unlikely to cause a new crisis wave in Russia, a Kremlin economic aide said on Wednesday.
- 17:53 02/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss bilateral economic cooperation with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during his visit to Italy on December 3 and meet with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday.
- 17:45 02/12/2009
Bulgaria's concerns over the environmental impact of Russia-backed plans for an oil pipeline through its territory may pose problems for the project, Russia's energy minister said.
- 17:25 02/12/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday Tehran will enrich its own uranium to a level of 20% for its research reactor.
- 16:48 02/12/2009
A senior Belarusian official invited the Russian Orthodox and Catholic Church leaders to have their first meeting in Belarus in efforts to end the 950-year schism.
- 16:31 02/12/2009
RusHydro, Russia's largest hydropower company, said on Wednesday its net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards increased 140%, year-on-year, in January-June 2009 to 17.9 billion rubles ($817 million).
- 16:28 02/12/2009
Colonel Viktor Baranets, a military commentator from Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, discusses the future of Russia-U.S. arms reduction deals and other strategic issues.
- 15:36 02/12/2009
The North Korean leadership is not yet ready resume six-party talks on its nuclear program, the speaker of the upper house of Russia's parliament said after his visit to the country.
- 15:27 02/12/2009
The Russia-NATO Council will go ahead with its ministerial-level meeting on December 4, the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 15:26 02/12/2009
The trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk, charged with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people as a death camp guard during WWII, was delayed on Wednesday due to his illness.
- 15:12 02/12/2009
A U.S. serviceman was killed in a militant attack on an ISAF convoy in Afghanistan on Tuesday night, bringing the total U.S. losses in the country to 300 this year, the ISAF said on Wednesday.
- 14:10 02/12/2009
Eleven international news agencies have launched a joint Facebook page to interact with news consumers across the globe during the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.
- 13:46 02/12/2009
Next year, in accordance with a decision made at the 15th OSCE Ministerial Council in November 2007, Kazakhstan will preside over the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Thus, a former Soviet republic will occupy this position for the first time
- 13:09 02/12/2009
Muslims should withdraw their money from Swiss banks in protest at a recent vote in favor of banning minarets in the country, a senior Turkish minister has said.
