The foreign minister of Slovakia received his Armenian counterpart's invitation to pay an official three-day visit to Yerevan.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 00:26 GMT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is starting an official visit to Russia on Wednesday to hold talks with the Russian leadership and attend a Middle East Quartet meeting

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 01:04 GMT

A policeman in Russia's Far East was found guilty of abusing his powers and sentenced to three years in prison, prosecutors said.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 01:15 GMT

Thirty-three people were injured after a passenger bus crashed into another one to the south of Bogota, the capital of Colombia, local Caracol radio reported.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 02:35 GMT

Thirty-three people were injured after a passenger bus crashed into another one to the south of Bogota, the capital of Colombia, local Caracol radio reported.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 02:35 GMT

Slovakian athletes took gold medals in men's and women's visually impaired Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom at 2010 Paralympics in Canada.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 03:13 GMT

The United States says it will go on pressuring Iran over its controversial nuclear issue and continue its work within the Iran Six mediators format, a U.S. Department of State official said.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 04:04 GMT

A long-range free-kick by Japanese international Keisuke Honda saw CSKA Moscow recorded a famous victory in Spain as they beat Sevilla 2–1 and progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 05:40 GMT

Some 20 million Chinese are have been hit by the longest drought in a century, with drinking water in residential homes being turned on for only a few hours per day, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 05:54 GMT

A police officer in southeast Russia shot dead a man who attacked him with an ax, a spokeswoman for the regional police department said on Wednesday.

// Mar. 17, 2010 - 06:36 GMT