The council of the defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose association of post-Soviet countries, will meet in Dushanbe on Tuesday, the Tajik Defense Ministry said.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 00:30 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann will discuss energy cooperation, in particular Russian gas supplies to Europe, on Tuesday

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 01:44 GMT

Russian Pacific Fleet naval ships have brought parts of a Russian military Tu-142 plane that crashed late Friday to the surface

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 02:12 GMT

The Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, formed a new government on Monday with the militant group Hezbollah-led opposition, putting an end to months of political uncertainty in the country.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 03:29 GMT

The navies of South and North Koreas clashed Tuesday in the Yellow Sea along a disputed border, the Yonhap news agency reported.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 03:49 GMT

The navies of two Koreas clashed Tuesday in the Yellow Sea along the disputed sea border between the two states, with the North suffering “considerable” damage

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 04:50 GMT

Kazakh border guards have detained six Russian nationals for border violations, the Central Asian state's National Security Committee said Tuesday.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 05:59 GMT

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, turned 90 on Tuesday.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 06:13 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians, but made no new proposals.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 06:44 GMT

A Soyuz booster rocket carrying the Progress-M freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) will take off from the Baikonur space center at 14:22 GMT on Tuesday, a Russian space agency spokesman said.

// Nov. 10, 2009 - 06:58 GMT