Washington says its U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones' primary aim of visiting Russia is to negotiate a new nuclear arms cuts treaty to replace START 1, a spokesman for the White House said.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 00:40 GMT
The UN secretary general says that disbanding militias in Lebanon, particularly Hezbollah, is 'of vital importance.'
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 01:25 GMT
John Allen Muhammad, a 'sniper,' who went on a killing spree in the United States in 2002 murdering 10 and wounding six people, was sent to death in Virginia on November 10.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 02:46 GMT
Afghanistan special task forces have assumed full control over a UN hotel in Kabul seized earlier by terrorists, a RIA Novosti correspondent said.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 04:41 GMT
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for a three-day visit to Pakistan amid a spate of terrorist attacks in the country.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 06:09 GMT
Fort Ross, a monument to Russian settlement of North America in the 19th century, will remain open, but only at weekends, as swingeing cuts to California's state parks take effect on Sunday.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 07:03 GMT
The head of Abkhazia's National Bank survived an assassination attempt as he traveled to work on Wednesday morning, the former Georgian republic's interior minister said.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 07:31 GMT
Six foreigners were killed and another five wounded in an attack on a guest house used by UN staff in the center of the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, the Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman told RIA Novosti.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 07:56 GMT
Turkey is switching to national currencies in trade with Iran and China, ending dependence on the U.S. dollar and the euro for about 20% of its commodity turnover, local media reported on Wednesday.
// Oct. 28, 2009 - 08:14 GMT