- 22:07 11/06/2009
Russia's chief doctor said swine flu could be treated as normal seasonal influenza despite the WHO's classification of the outbreak as a global pandemic, but advised Russians to protect themselves with masks.
- 21:05 11/06/2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday its first flu pandemic of the 21st century following an emergency meeting on the swine flu outbreak that has hit 74 countries.
- 21:04 11/06/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed Viktor Chernomyrdin as ambassador to Ukraine and appointed him presidential adviser and special envoy on economic cooperation with CIS countries, the Kremlin said Thursday.
- 20:49 11/06/2009
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday a bill on the return of the disputed Southern Kuril Islands going through the Japanese parliament was "inappropriate and unacceptable."
- 20:17 11/06/2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will participate in this weekend's summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Thursday.
- 19:13 11/06/2009
NATO defense ministers have agreed to cut the alliance's peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo to 10,000 troops, NATO chief said on Thursday.
- 18:32 11/06/2009
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi used an official visit to Italy on Thursday to speak out against terrorism and blast U.S. foreign policy, comparing the country to Osama bin Laden.
- 18:28 11/06/2009
Russia will not advance U.S. military plans aimed at itself and will not make its territory available for the deployment of U.S. missile defense elements, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
- 18:06 11/06/2009
China worked to create a balanced UN Security Council resolution on North Korea after its recent nuclear test, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Thursday.
- 17:01 11/06/2009
Russia and Egypt agreed Thursday on technical accords to avoid situations similar to the recent wheat row, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
- 16:56 11/06/2009
Ukraine's parliament has overridden President Viktor Yushchenko's veto of a bill temporarily banning gambling in the country.
- 16:54 11/06/2009
Russia will focus on the promotion of its new Superjet 100 passenger airliner at Le Bourget 2009 air show, a Russian business daily said on Thursday.
- 16:35 11/06/2009
Italian police confiscated 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of high-grade cocaine on Thursday, on a sailboat docked off Sardinia.
- 16:32 11/06/2009
Around 60 Taliban militants were killed and more than 20 injured in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan in operations conducted by the national army and ISAF forces.
- 16:10 11/06/2009
The Russian president on Thursday threw his support behind the idea of joint development and production of military products with other countries.
- 15:51 11/06/2009
Iran's presidential election will be close, but the race favors the incumbent's main opponent, a Washington-based expert on Iranian issues said on Thursday.
- 15:07 11/06/2009
- 14:36 11/06/2009
Venezuela's Health Ministry has banned the Coca-Cola Zero sugar-free drink citing dangers to human health, national media said on Thursday.
- 14:03 11/06/2009
North Korea has demanded that South Korean companies raise wages for North Korean workers from $70-80 to $300 per month at the Kaesong industrial park to the north of the border, Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
