Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko denied on Sunday reports that he has made arrangements for his youngest son to succeed him as the country's leader.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 10:29 GMT
A group of armed robbers entered a jewelry store in southwest Moscow on Sunday, and stole cash and jewels worth over 4 million rubles ($120,000), police said.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 10:41 GMT
Eight militants have been killed in special operations in three regions of Chechnya since last night, the North Caucasus republic's interior ministry said on Sunday.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 10:56 GMT
The son of a Georgian opposition leader was admitted to a Tbilisi hospital last night after being injured in a knife attack, the Rustavi-2 TV channel reported on Sunday.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 11:01 GMT
Rescuers are evacuating almost 400 workers from a coal mine in southeast Ukraine where a fire has broken out, the UNIAN news agency said on Sunday.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 12:17 GMT
Alexander Filimonov, a former goalkeeper for the Russian football team, has been prevented from leaving the country over unpaid maintenance to his ex-wife and children, court bailiffs said.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 13:24 GMT
Turkmenistan has reached an agreement to boost natural gas sales to Iran by 8 billion cubic meters per year to 14 billion cu m, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
// Jul. 12, 2009 - 14:25 GMT