TEHRAN, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's parliament issued a statement on Tuesday saying the country could cease to cooperate with the United Nations nuclear watchdog if new sanctions are imposed over Iran's controversial nuclear program. Iran is currently under
TBILISI, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski predicted with confidence Tuesday that Georgia and Ukraine would soon join NATO. The Polish leader was speaking in the Georgian city of Batumi at a two-day summit of GUAM, a
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - The president of Mongolia has issued a decree introducing a four-day state of emergency in the capital, Ulan Bator, because of rioting after Sunday's parliamentary elections, local media reported Tuesday. President Nambaryn Enkhbayar announced
TEHRAN, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the British queen's awarding of a knighthood to Salman Rushdie, author of the controversial novel Satanic Verses. "The Islamic Republic of Iran believes such
TEHRAN, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 29 people were killed and around 30 others injured when a coach overturned in central Iran, local television reported Tuesday. The bus crashed into a safety barrier on a highway to
RUSSIA * The sea link between Gagra in Georgia's separatist Abkhazia region and Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi has been restored after more than 15 years, a ferry company spokesman said * Russia's envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said
LAGONISSI (Greece), July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Serbia's new cabinet could be formed by July 4, President Boris Tadic said on Tuesday. Addressing reporters at the Socialist International congress in Greece, he said: "We will form a government this coming
LONDON, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Portugal have closed their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, a British girl who went missing on May 3 last year in an Algarve holiday resort, national media said on Tuesday.
LONDON, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Prince Charles has converted his vintage Aston Martin car, given to him on his 21st birthday by Queen Elizabeth II, to run on English wine, a spokesperson said. The move, part of the prince's
RIGA, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Latvian President Valdis Zalters could visit Russia this September, the head of the Latvian parliament's foreign affairs committee said on Tuesday. Latvian Ambassador to Russia Andris Teikmanis announced last week that Zalters was planning
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Traffic on Canada's national highway was brought to a standstill by 12 million bees when a truck carrying 330 hives overturned in the eastern province of New Brunswick, local media reported Tuesday. The four-lane
LVOV, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - A statue of Ukraine's wartime nationalist leader Stepan Bandera will be erected in Lutsk in western Ukraine, the city council said Tuesday. The city's mayor, Bohdan Shyba, has instructed the local land department to
TEL AVIV, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Israel has reclosed Gaza border crossings in response to a Palestinian mortar attack in southern Israel, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday. Israel said the decision was made
SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN (Argentina), July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Leaders of the South American trade bloc Mercosur meeting at a summit in Argentina have signed trade agreements with the Southern African Customs Union, as well as with Turkey and
