- 23:28 29/12/2009
Russia on Tuesday expressed concern over a surge in violence in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- 23:04 29/12/2009
The president of Turkmenistan ordered on Tuesday the allocation of $9.7 billion for the exploration of the country's South Eleten gas field, national television reported.
- 22:20 29/12/2009
The Estonian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday it had decided to scrap the practice of supplying soldiers over 190 cms in height with additional food.
- 20:25 29/12/2009
The League of Arab States has called for Switzerland to reconsider its decision on banning the construction of new minarets in the country.
- 20:02 29/12/2009
Further sanctions against Iran have until recently not been an option, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 19:06 29/12/2009
Moscow is calling on Israel to scrap plans for further settlement construction in East Jerusalem, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
- 17:50 29/12/2009
Russia and the United States have not halted talks on a new arms reduction treaty to replace a landmark deal that expired on December 4, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 17:28 29/12/2009
Iranian authorities need to determine whether to retort to more repressive measures or to democratic methods in order to bring opposition protests back under control, a Russian expert said.
- 16:47 29/12/2009
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in an international conference on Afghanistan in London on January 28, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 16:00 29/12/2009
RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below a month-by-month review of 2009 continues with October
- 15:46 29/12/2009
Officials have reported 26 crewmembers are on board the British-flagged chemical tanker St. James Park seized earlier by Somali pirates northeast of Seychelles, according to the EU anti-piracy operations Atalanta website.
- 14:51 29/12/2009
Somali pirates have seized a Greek cargo vessel northeast of Seychelles, a Greek Coastal Guard spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 14:42 29/12/2009
Russia and Ukraine have settled their oil transit dispute that threatened supplies to the EU, agreeing to hike tariffs by 30% in 2010, an official for Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz said on Tuesday.
- 13:42 29/12/2009
Russia's government will gradually move to a floating ruble exchange rate, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
- 12:42 29/12/2009
Russia will continue developing offensive armaments to counter U.S. missile defenses, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told reporters on Tuesday.
- 12:40 29/12/2009
Beijing is disappointed by London's reaction to the execution of a British drug smuggler, Chinese Foreign Ministry official spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Tuesday.
- 11:39 29/12/2009
China Investment Corporation is considering the purchase of shares in Russia's aluminum giant RusAl worth $300 million, the Zhongguo Wang news service said on Tuesday.
- 11:30 29/12/2009
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he hopes Ukraine will meet its obligation to transit Russian oil to Europe despite a dispute on transit fees.
- 10:52 29/12/2009
The first same-gender wedding in Latin America has been held in Argentina after municipal authorities issued a permit for a gay couple to get married despite the civil court's ban, local media said on Tuesday.
