Russia`s natural gas monopoly Gazprom said Monday it has increased gas supplies to Turkey from 20 million to 30 million cubic meters per day after a major explosion on a pipeline bringing gas from Iran halted supplies late Sunday.
Kazakhstan, home to Russia`s Baikonur Cosmodrome, accused Moscow on Friday of not doing enough to ensure the safety of its space launches a day after a Russian rocket crashed in the Central Asian state.
The world`s largest economy was hit with surprise job losses in August as a housing slump and a pullback in home construction triggered increased layoffs, a government report revealed Friday.
Russia is against imposing mandatory targets or timetables to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, a Russian delegate to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum said.
Osama bin Laden appeared for the first time in three years in a video Friday released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end.
US proposals to site an anti-missile defence shield in Europe dominated face-to-face talks here Friday between US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
China, Russia and the United States will send experts to North Korea next week to study how to disable the communist state`s nuclear facilities, the top US envoy said Friday.
American and Iraqi Special Forces clashed with suspected Shiite militiamen Thursday in western Baghdad before calling in airstrikes, the U.S. military said. Residents and police said at least 14 people were killed.
Pope Benedict XVI met Thursday with Israeli President Shimon Peres, as the elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate continued his visit to Italy amid an international push for peace in the Middle East.
Russia has signed an agreement with Indonesia to provide a $1 billion credit line to the southeast Asian country for Russian weapons purchases.
Russia is unlikely to complete all necessary formalities to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of this year as was planned previously, the economics minister said Thursday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Jakarta on Thursday with a large delegation of energy, banking and weapons officials for a one-day visit to boost trade and economic ties.
Doctors treated storm casualties in a makeshift clinic Wednesday after powerful Hurricane Felix flooded their hospital and wrecked villages on Nicaragua`s Caribbean coast. The death toll rose to at least 18 with dozens more missing.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will set out on a 10-day tour this week to Australia, Latin America, and Africa.
Hurricane Felix roared ashore early Tuesday as a fearsome Category 5 storm - the first time in recorded history that two top-scale storms have made landfall in the same season.
George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are to discuss U.S. plans for anti-missile technology in Europe at an September 8-9 Asia-Pacific leaders` summit in Sydney, a Russian presidential aide said Tuesday.
Vladimir Putin will set out for a five-day tour this week to Indonesia, Australia and the United Arab Emirates, the first visits by a Russian leader in the history of relations with the countries.
The people of Kazakhstan have been voting in an early parliamentary election Saturday in the country`s first poll to introduce proportional representation.
Polling stations have opened across Kazakhstan for the general election. Voters are electing the lower chamber of parliament and local representative bodies.
President Vladimir Putin placed strategic bombers back on long-range patrol for the first time since the Soviet breakup, sending a tough message to the United States on Friday hours after a major Russian military exercise with China.
Central Asian states can ensure regional stability and energy security without outside assistance, leaders of the six Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries said at a summit in Kyrgyzstan Thursday.
Russia is sending a group of experts to Georgia to conduct a joint investigation into a recent missile incident. The group includes top Russian Air Force officials as well as representatives of the Foreign Ministry.
Forbes Magazine has named Great Britain the biggest investor in Russia in the first half of 2007. That is according to the Russian Federal service.
Russia`s president proposed to leaders of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries at a summit in Kyrgyzstan Thursday holding regular counter-terrorism exercises, similar to the drills now underway in Russia.
A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru`s coast near the capital on Wednesday, toppling buildings, setting off landslides and killing at least 48 people. Authorities said the quake generated a tsunami but it wasn`t destructive.