- 21:55 09/02/2009
- 21:49 09/02/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his condolences to Governor-General of Australia Quentin Bryce over the region's deadly bushfires, the Kremlin press service said on Monday.
- 21:26 09/02/2009
- 20:35 09/02/2009
A new high-rise hotel has been completely destroyed in a blaze in the Chinese capital of Beijing, witnesses said on Monday.
- 20:00 09/02/2009
Chelsea FC dismissed Luiz Felipe Scolari as manager on Monday after a number of what the club called "deteriorating" results.
- 19:35 09/02/2009
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said that U.S. President Barack Obama is incapable of solving the U.S.'s problems.
- 19:26 09/02/2009
- 19:15 09/02/2009
The Ukrainian officials who signed a "prejudicial" gas deal with Russia will be held to account, the Ukrainian president said on Monday.
- 18:23 09/02/2009
There is no basis to media claims that Russian Navy sailors suffered from scurvy while on a mission to patrol waters off Somalia, a Navy spokesman said on Monday.
- 18:11 09/02/2009
- 18:04 09/02/2009
Russia's ambassador to the U.K. has said he hopes the current positive trends in Russian-British relations will allow the two countries to resolve the problems that have hampered their ties in recent years.
- 17:55 09/02/2009
A monument to Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is to be unveiled in the west of the country on Tuesday, a local artist told Ukraine's UNIAN news agency on Monday.
- 17:54 09/02/2009
Russia will complete the construction of the $1 billion Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran on schedule, a Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.
- 17:15 09/02/2009
Russia's Finance Ministry said on Monday it had asked Ukraine to submit more information on its economic problems before considering any request to grant its neighbor a $5 billion loan.
- 17:01 09/02/2009
Australians donated more than $6 million on Monday to the victims of bushfires that have killed some 135 people in southern Australia, local media reported.
- 16:55 09/02/2009
- 16:51 09/02/2009
Russia's Defense Ministry will pay 25 billion rubles ($690 million) for 24 MiG fighters that Algeria has refused to accept due to their "inferior quality," a Russian deputy prime minister said on Monday.
- 16:34 09/02/2009
A video showing the execution of a Polish contractor by Pakistani militants appears to be genuine, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorsky said at a news conference on Monday.
- 15:41 09/02/2009
Kazakhstan has permitted the transit of non-military logistical supplies for U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan, a Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
