MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - A Catholic priest who tried to set a world record for flying using helium balloons has gone missing off Brazil's southern coast, the national TV Globo reported on Tuesday. Adelir Antonio de Carli, 41,
MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Co-rapporteurs from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Tuesday denied reports that they had proposed abolishing Russia's prosecutors' service. Mikhail Yemelyanov, a member of the Russian State Duma's committee for constitutional
ROME, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - An Italian priest has held the country's first mass in a slot machine arcade for a group of teenagers, in an effort to try and attract Italian youth increasingly indifferent to the church, national
CAIRO, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - A Hamas lawmaker said on Tuesday the group was ready to give a final response to Egypt's proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian news agency said. Salah Bardawil told the
Europeans are absolutely fascinated by the US presidential race... Obama could sharply alter America's highly negative image as an enemy of the Muslim world. He is seen abroad as the candidate who can return America to a moderate role in
SUKHUMI, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - The president of Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia accused Tbilisi during an annual parliamentary address Tuesday of trying to avoid resuming peace talks. He said "Georgia is taking action depriving Abkhazia of a possibility
TEHRAN, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - A top official from the international nuclear watchdog, who is in Tehran on a two-day visit, started the second round of negotiations Tuesday on Iran's nuclear program. Olli Heinonen, deputy director general of the
NEW DELHI, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Indian police have arrested two men over the theft of more than 100 sperm samples from India's oldest sperm bank in Aurangabad, central India, national media said on Tuesday. Anil Mohite tried to
Atomstroyexport confirmed reports on Monday that Azerbaijani border officials had stopped equipment en route from Russia to the Bushehr nuclear power plant from crossing into Iran several weeks ago. "We have been prepared to provide explanations on the cargo for
TEHRAN, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Tehran expects to sign an oil and gas cooperation agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom in the near future, the republic's oil minister, Gholam-Hossein Nozari, said on Tuesday. Nozari said negotiations were currently under
UN, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Serbia's president addressed the UN Security Council on Monday asking for its support for plans to include Kosovo in Serbian parliamentary and local elections slated for May 11. Boris Tadic's request follows the Serbian
UNITED NATIONS, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - The United Nations Security Council has scheduled a meeting for Wednesday on Georgia's request, to discuss accusations of Russian aggression in Abkhazia, a breakaway Georgian region. The latest dispute over the province, one
MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - The United States Embassy has urged a Moscow court to reconsider a jail term of more than three years handed down to an American pastor convicted of smuggling rifle cartridges into the country. Phillip
