- 23:16 09/12/2009
Latvia is concerned over Russia's plans to buy a French warship, the Baltic country's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 23:06 09/12/2009
A top U.S. general said on Wednesday that there will be no quick success in fighting the insurgency in Afghanistan, and that the situation may get worse before it improves.
- 22:37 09/12/2009
The Estonian parliament extended on Wednesday the mandate for the country's peacekeeping contingent in Afghanistan until the end of 2010.
- 21:20 09/12/2009
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will prioritize the creation of a pan-European security architecture when Kazakhstan chairs the OSCE in 2010, a Kazakh envoy said on Wednesday.
- 20:32 09/12/2009
Participants in the UN climate change conference underway in Copenhagen resumed on Wednesday after a two-hour halt due to a dispute between small island states and large countries, a WWF official said.
- 19:03 09/12/2009
Russian patrol boats will begin guarding the maritime border of the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia in December, the Russian Federal Security Service said on Wednesday.
- 18:28 09/12/2009
Russia's initiative on forming a new pan-European security architecture is not aimed against other existing security organizations including NATO, a deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
- 18:05 09/12/2009
Iran's plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities are a forced measure as the UN nuclear watchdog is not fulfilling its obligations, the Iranian defense minister said on Wednesday.
- 17:40 09/12/2009
The Russian Navy is continuing discussions on whether to purchase a French warship, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 17:21 09/12/2009
A young Chinese couple sold their six-day-old son for 2,500 yuan ($368) to buy a mobile phone in the country's southwest, the Shanghai Daily paper reported.
- 17:16 09/12/2009
Villagers in southeastern Nepal are afraid to leave their homes after 11 people were killed by an elephant on a rampage over the past two weeks, the Times of India said on Wednesday.
- 16:21 09/12/2009
A Russian expert confirmed on Wednesday that Europe was facing certain problems with migrants who he said were not always ready to meet European cultural requirements.
- 16:11 09/12/2009
Global warming was a natural process unrelated to human activities, a Russian climatology expert said on Wednesday during a video link-up between Russian and Chinese scientists.
- 16:09 09/12/2009
Moscow and the Vatican have exchanged notes formalizing the establishment of full diplomatic relations, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 15:58 09/12/2009
Iran will receive 20%-enriched uranium for its research reactor in Tehran through cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, Iran's nuclear chief said on Wednesday.
- 15:45 09/12/2009
An agreement on the status of U.S. troops on Polish soil, known as the SOFA deal, will be not signed on December 10 as expected, a Polish Defense Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 14:53 09/12/2009
Russia's broadly defined monetary base expanded 3.9% to 5.218 trillion rubles ($174 bln) in November, the Central Bank reported on Wednesday.
- 14:31 09/12/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he hoped a time would come when Russia and Georgia would end mutual visa requirements.
- 14:10 09/12/2009
Russia's budget deficit rose to 4.9% of GDP in January-November 2009 from 4.7% in September-October, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday.
