Russia began Saturday large-scale military exercises in several regions of the Southern Federal District, which includes highly volatile North Caucasus republics, a senior military official said.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 07:17 GMT
An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale was registered early Saturday off the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia's Far East, the regional emergencies ministry office said.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 08:01 GMT
Lebanon's prime minister, Fouad Siniora, will announce on Saturday the composition of a new national unity government, the Al Jazeera television channel said.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 08:46 GMT
At least one serviceman was killed, and several others wounded on Saturday in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia after a truck convoy with federal troops came under gunfire, a local police source said.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 09:17 GMT
Sergei Bagapsh, the leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia said on Saturday that Georgia had plans to attack and invade the region in April-May this year.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 10:08 GMT
Russia may completely stop by 2015 using ports in the Baltic states to transport energy supplies abroad via sea routes, the transportation minister said on Saturday.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 11:04 GMT
Sergei Bagapsh, the leader of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia said on Saturday that Georgia had plans to attack and invade the region in April-May this year.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 11:24 GMT
Global oil prices will jump to unprecedented levels in case of any aggression against Iran, the country's oil minister said on Saturday. Some Western media have long been circulating rumors of an 'imminent" attack on the Islamic Republic planned by either the United States or Israel in order to force Tehran to abandon its controversial uranium enrichment program.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 12:14 GMT
Motor Sich, Ukraine's largest manufacturer of aircraft and rocket engines, has offered Russia to manufacture a new engine for Russian cruise missiles, the head of the company said on Saturday.
// Jul. 05, 2008 - 13:42 GMT