Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is arriving in Ukraine on a three-day official visit Wednesday, the Georgian presidential administration said.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 00:03 GMT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has deplored Tuesday's decision by Israel to expand an East Jerusalem settlement.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 01:18 GMT

Over 200 enterprises will take part in an all-Russian exhibition, Russian Producers and Armed Forces Logistics, opening Wednesday, the Armed Forces said in a statement.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 02:27 GMT

The son of the mayor of the town of Buinaksk in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Dagestan has been kidnapped, police said Wednesday.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 03:59 GMT

One person was killed and 67 injured in a traffic accident on Tuesday 150 km west of Chilean capital Santiago, the Cooperativa radio reported Wednesday.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 05:00 GMT

Arkady Gaidamak, an Israeli businessman of Soviet origin, has protested his innocence in a Russian newspaper interview after he was sentenced in absentia by a French court to six years in prison.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 06:36 GMT

The Honduran parliament will decide on December 2 whether ousted President Manuel Zelaya should be reinstated, congressional leader Alfredo Saavedra said.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 06:45 GMT

Newly released CCTV video shows the moment a fiery gas explosion ripped through a Utah refinery earlier this month.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 07:00 GMT

President Dmitry Medvedev will attend Russia's decisive World Cup qualification playoff against Slovenia in Moribor on Wednesday evening, the Kremlin announced.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 07:05 GMT

The introduction of visa-free travel between Russia and the European Union is being hampered by a “considerable political component” in the talks, Russia's EU envoy said on Wednesday.

// Nov. 18, 2009 - 07:40 GMT