- 21:56 01/06/2009
Air France said on Monday that one Russian was among the 228 people on board a plane that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean en-route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris earlier in the day.
- 20:27 01/06/2009
Russia and Israel should work out a common approach on arms supplies to the Middle East and the Caucasus, the Israeli foreign minister said on Monday.
- 19:30 01/06/2009
Air France has confirmed that there were 228 people on board a plane that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean en-route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris earlier on Monday.
- 18:28 01/06/2009
Russia will not go back on its promise to lend Belarus $500 million, but expects effective steps on the part of its neighbor, the Russian finance minister said on Monday.
- 18:27 01/06/2009
- 18:00 01/06/2009
A Russian political expert has told RIA Novosti that the international community is not paying enough attention to the threat of an imminent nuclear catastrophe.
- 17:26 01/06/2009
The Russian carmaker GAZ could start producing Opel cars within nine months if a consortium of investors taking over the German auto producer give their backing, GAZ said on Monday.
- 16:55 01/06/2009
An Air France plane carrying 228 people from Brazil to Paris that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday sent a message reporting an electrical short, French radio said.
- 15:40 01/06/2009
Russia's Reserve Fund dropped by 11.9% to 3.127 trillion rubles ($100.95 billion), and the National Prosperity Fund declined 3% to 2.784 trillion rubles ($89.86 billion) in May, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
- 15:19 01/06/2009
The Brazilian air force has begun searching for an Air France passenger plane carrying at least 228 people that went missing over the Atlantic en route to Paris on Monday, Globo News said.
- 13:52 01/06/2009
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells a major security conference in Singapore that the United States will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state.
- 13:37 01/06/2009
Nato military excercises in Georgia are ending with a field day of manoeuvres.
- 13:27 01/06/2009
Pakistan's military says Swat's main town of Mingora is "fully under control", after it managed to dislodge thousands of Taliban fighters.
- 13:21 01/06/2009
At least 13 Russian students, detained by Egyptian authorities, will be deported to Russia for breaking local laws, including visa regulations, a Russian Embassy spokesman in Egypt said on Monday.
- 12:24 01/06/2009
Millvina Dean, the last known surviving passenger of the legendary Titanic ocean liner, which sank nearly a century ago, has died at the aged of 98 in a care home in Hampshire, British media said on Monday.
- 12:06 01/06/2009
North Korea has transported an intercontinental ballistic missile to a new launch site, and has ordered troops on its west coast to double ammunition stocks, South Korea's Yonhap agency said on Monday.
- 11:33 01/06/2009
A blonde parade will be held annually in the Latvian capital at the end of May, the country's Chas news website reported on Monday.
- 11:15 01/06/2009
South Ossetia's ruling Unity party has won parliamentary elections, garnering 46.38% of the vote, local election authorities said on Monday citing preliminary results after 100% of ballots had been counted.
- 10:51 01/06/2009
Israel's newly-appointed foreign minister will start on Monday his first visit to Russia since taking office on March 31, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
