BERLIN, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - Diplomacy must resolve the crisis in Ukraine, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

DUSHANBE, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - Tajik police have seized more than 110 kilograms of drugs in two operations in the north of the country, a record haul in the recent past, the republic's Interior Min

MOSCOW, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China at invitation of Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on May 20-21, the Kremlin press service reported on

BEIJING, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - China's Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said "domestic affairs in Ukraine should be settled by the Ukrainian people," as he responded to Itar-Tass request to comme

VLADIVOSTOK, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Navy and Chinese Naval Forces will commit six ships each to the Naval Collaboration’2014 military exercise, which will be held in the East China Sea before

BRUSSELS, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - EU Council on Monday did a yet another extension of its blacklist of Russian and Ukrainian individuals, who are banned from entering the EU member-states’ territories

VIENNA, May 13 (Itar-Tass) - Russia hopes progress will be made at talks with Iran on the issues pertaining to the reactor in Arak and on transparency of the Iranian nuclear program, Deputy Foreign

SLAVIANSK, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - In the town of Slaviansk as many as 97.5 percent of those who participated in last Sunday’s referendum voted for the state independence of the self-proclaimed Donets

CHISINAU, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Moldova’s premier has said the country seeks to maintain a dialogue with Russia.

BRUSSELS, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Italy continues working alongside other European countries on sanctions against Russia and officials in Crimea and Ukraine’s east but it is most important now to esta