An independent international investigation into the August conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia will be led by an expert from Switzerland, the French foreign minister has said.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 06:37 GMT
A missile frigate from Russia's Baltic Fleet has started patrolling waters in the Gulf of Aden to protect Russian ships and crews from pirate attacks, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 06:57 GMT
Sudan will deploy security officers to protect foreign oil workers following the killing of five Chinese nationals on Monday, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 07:34 GMT
The European Union could resume in November talks on a new cooperation pact with Russia, temporarily put on hold last month over Russia's military operation in Georgia, the French foreign minister has said.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 08:06 GMT
Three militants including a ring leader have been killed in a special police operation in the Chechen capital, a local police source said on Tuesday.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 08:10 GMT
A Chita district court in East Siberia rejected on Tuesday an appeal by lawyers of jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev against investigators.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 08:24 GMT
Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc has withdrawn its lawsuit against a presidential decree dissolving parliament and calling early parliamentary elections, a spokesman for the bloc said on Tuesday.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 08:46 GMT
North Korea warned on Tuesday that it would carry out military strikes against the South if activists continue to send propaganda leaflets criticizing the regime and “slandering” leader Kim Jong-il.
// Oct. 28, 2008 - 09:41 GMT