The legendary German rock band Scorpions will present on Thursday its farewell album Sting In The Tail in the Russian capital a day before its official world release.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 00:30 GMT

A suicide-bomber in southern Afghanistan has blown himself up while putting on a vest filled with explosives.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 01:35 GMT

The new U.S. nuclear doctrine will be send for review by the Congress within a month, a senior U.S. defense official said.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 02:40 GMT

China has finished the construction of a tunnel under the Amur River to accommodate an extension of a pipeline intended to pump millions of tons of Russian oil to the energy-hungry country every year.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 03:34 GMT

Four militants have been killed in an ongoing police operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 04:16 GMT

A 33-year-old Russian female tourist has been found dead in her hotel room in the Indian state of Goa on the country's western coast.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 04:43 GMT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Moscow on Thursday to discuss a new strategic arms cuts deal and take part in a meeting of the Middle East Quartet of international mediators.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 05:59 GMT

Three police officers have been shot dead by militants during a special operation in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 06:50 GMT

North Korea executed a former top finance official last week over the country's failed currency reform, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Thursday, citing sources.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 06:52 GMT

Alcohol poisoning is considered the likely cause of death of a 33-year-old Russian female tourist in the Indian state of Goa, the Russian embassy said on Thursday.

// Mar. 18, 2010 - 07:43 GMT