North Korea demands more action from U.S.
North Korea demanded on Thursday the United States remove it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism before further progress can be made on dismantling its nuclear program.
Russian FM urges ASEAN to expand security forum
Russia`s foreign minister called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to revise its moratorium on accession of new members to its regional security forum.
Russia`s foreign minister arrives in Philippine
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived Tuesday in the Philippine capital, Manila, for international talks focused on Southeast Asian nations, and bilateral talks with the host country.
Expert: Estonia`s actions are a provocation of a baby in a sand-box
"There is no sense speaking about an attempt to revise results of World War Two by a number of Estonian politicians or statesmen. The revision has already taken place," expert in regional development in the post-Soviet territory Sergey Artemenko announced.
China offers war movie clips to mobile phone users
Make-way cutesy animals and sugary pop songs -- Chinese mobile phone users can now download film clips of the Korean War and stirring military anthems to celebrate the founding of the People`s Liberation Army.
UN peace-building mission in Tajikistan to be closed
The United Nations said Tuesday the Tajikistan Office of Peace-building (UNTOP) has completed its mission demonstrating the country`s stability and capability of taking part in UN peacekeeping operations.
Russia is against timeframes for Kosovo status
Russia is against setting artificial timetables to decide Kosovo`s status and attempts to predetermine the outcome, the Foreign Ministry`s spokesman said Tuesday.
Chinese servicemen arrive in Russia for regional antiterrorism exercise
Six Il-76 transport aircraft landed Tuesday in Russia with 287 servicemen of the Chinese People`s Liberation Army and military hardware to participate in a regional antiterrorism exercise, Peace Mission 2007.
Russian activists in Tallinn call for release of protesters
Ethnic Russian activists will stage rallies Tuesday and Thursday in Estonia`s capital calling for the release of two group members arrested in April for protesting against the removal of a Soviet war memorial.
Israel to let Palestinians into Gaza
Israel has agreed to allow at least 627 Palestinians who have been stranded in Egypt for weeks to pass into the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
Thailand calls for global cooperation to cope with financial volatility
Thailand, the epicentre of the 1997 economic crisis, on Saturday called for global cooperation to cope with financial volatility following a regional stock sell-off sparked by Wall Street losses.
Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghan
Three NATO troops and an Afghan soldier have been killed in two separate clashes with insurgents in Afghanistan, the alliance said.
Kamynin: U.S. can`t have both Gabala, Europe missile shields
The United States cannot deploy a missile shield in Central Europe and at the same time accept Russia`s offer for the use of the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, Russia`s Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Gorbachev: British leadership panders to the United States
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev accused the United Kingdom`s government of creating problems for itself by trying to please only the United States at the expense of other partners.
Soviet Soldiers costs Estonia over 4mn euro
The total expenditures for reburial of Soviet Soldiers and repaying damage caused by April riots in Tallinn and Ida-Viru district are expected to be about 73mn kroon (about $4.6mn euro), Eesti Paevaleht newspaper reports. The money will be taken from the governmental reserve.
US angry over Saudi role in Iraq
The US administration is deeply frustrated with Saudi Arabia over its role in Iraq, accusing the Saudis of trying to undermine the Baghdad government and failing to stem the flow of volunteers joining the insurgency there, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Spanish police tackle sex traffickers targeting Russian women
Spanish police have cracked down on a sex trafficking gang that tricked Russian women with job offers and then forced them into prostitution, a police spokesman in Spain`s southern province of Almeria said Thursday.
Expelled British diplomat is Russia trade chief
Concerns that the Kremlin could target Britain`s vast investments in Russia mounted today after it emerged that the British embassy`s top trade representative had been ordered to leave the country.
Russia`s Yutair sends helicopter to fight Greek fires
Yutair, Russia`s largest helicopter operator, has sent a helicopter to Greece, where forest fires have been raging, an airline spokesman said Friday.
U.N. nuclear monitors head for North Korea
International monitors arrived in Beijing on Friday on their way to North Korea, where they will keep watch over the nuclear complex at the heart of a disarmament deal.
Ukraine`s Communists to open museum for U.S. imperialism victims
Ukraine`s Communists announced they would open a museum dedicated to victims of U.S. imperialism in the Crimea next month, as a riposte to a Communism memorial recently put up in Washington.
Power restored to thousands in England
Emergency workers restored power to thousands of homes in western England Tuesday but 350,000 people were still without fresh water after the worst flooding in 60 years.
Russian prosecution: Litvinenko was poisoned long before meeting Lugovoy
On July 23, Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Zvyagintsev announced that evidence given by the British prosecution to prove involvement of Andrei Lugovoy in murder of Alexander Litvinenko are beneath all criticism.
Russia is against Taiwan`s independence
A Russian foreign ministry official said Monday, during a meeting with the Chinese ambassador, that Russia recognized only one China and stood against Taiwanese independence.
UN`s Ban Ki-moon disappointed in pace of Georgia-Abkhaz dialogue
Hopes for the speedy resumption of a dialogue between Georgia and its breakaway republic of Abkhazia have once again been frustrated, the UN Secretary General has said in a report.