Russia is studying changes to the US missile defence programme, but still wants guarantees that the system would not be used against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.

• April 24, 2013

China said on Wednesday that "provocative actions" would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the United States amid tension between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed islands.

• April 24, 2013

RUSSIA has warned the European Union (EU) not to lift an arms embargo that has prevented weapons supplies to Syrian rebels.

• April 23, 2013

Radioactive gases that could have come from North Korea's nuclear test in February have unexpectedly been detected, a global monitoring body said on Tuesday, possibly providing the first "smoking gun" evidence of the explosion.

• April 23, 2013

Russia warned the European Union on Monday not to lift an arms embargo that has prevented weapons supplies to Syrian rebels, despite British and French lobbying.

• April 22, 2013

Foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia Ahmet Davutoglu and Sergei Lavrov discussed the Syrian crisis at a meeting on Wednesday, Turkish TRT Haber TV channel reported.

• April 18, 2013

Belarus and Russia will stage a joint military exercise on Belarusian territory in September, allegedly to rehearse a defense against a Polish attack on the country.

• April 17, 2013

Iran has tested three new types of missiles, the deputy commander of the Ground Forces of Iran Kiyumers Haidari said, Iranian news agency FARS reported on Saturday.

• April 13, 2013