- 21:56 25/02/2009
At least nine people died and over 80 others were injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday, Dutch authorities said.
- 21:06 25/02/2009
Ukraine's National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting has granted four Russian TV channels permission to broadcast in the country, the council said Wednesday.
- 20:45 25/02/2009
A group of Russian Navy officials are suspected of attempting to smuggle 30 anti-submarine missiles and 200 airplane bombs worth a total of $18 million to Tajikistan for sale to China.
- 20:27 25/02/2009
Iran's nuclear chief said on Wednesday the Islamic Republic had 6,000 operating centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and was planning to install a total of 50,000 over the next five years.
- 20:26 25/02/2009
A Belarusian scientist has advised the country's businessmen to begin breeding edible frogs for export during the current economic crisis, Russia's Vesti TV channel said on Wednesday.
- 19:07 25/02/2009
At least nine people died and 50 others were injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday, a local official said.
- 18:38 25/02/2009
Israel's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the completion of Iran's first nuclear power plant is "bad news" for the whole world, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
- 18:16 25/02/2009
Russia and Iran are planning to sign a nuclear fuel supply contract for a term of at least 10 years, the head of Russia's nuclear power corporation said on Wednesday.
- 17:58 25/02/2009
Turkmenistan will open its airspace for the transit of non-lethal cargo to a U.S. military contingent in Afghanistan, the country's president said on Wednesday.
- 17:27 25/02/2009
- 17:20 25/02/2009
Nine people died and 50 others were injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday, a local official said.
- 17:13 25/02/2009
Yemen is ready to render all necessary assistance to the Russian warships that are patrolling the Gulf of Aden as part of international anti-piracy efforts, the Yemeni president said.
- 15:00 25/02/2009
The Middle East Quartet comprising Russia, the U.S., the EU and the UN, is considering holding a ministerial-level meeting in Egypt's Sharm el Sheikh, a Russian Foreign Ministry source said Wednesday.
- 14:59 25/02/2009
A Turkish Boeing 737-800 with 127 passengers and seven crewmembers onboard crashed upon landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday.
- 14:43 25/02/2009
Bangladeshi border guards mutinied on Wednesday, taking senior officers hostage at their headquarters in the capital, Dhaka, local media reported.
- 14:05 25/02/2009
A Turkish Boeing 737-800 with 127 passengers and seven crewmembers onboard crashed upon landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday.
- 13:46 25/02/2009
Russia's federal budget deficit will amount to 8% of GDP, including spending from the National Wealth Fund, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.
- 13:41 25/02/2009
The Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the Admiral Chabanenko destroyer and the Nikolai Chiker salvage tug are returning to their home port after a tour of duty in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, a spokesman for the Russian Northern Fleet said on Wednesday.
- 13:36 25/02/2009
