- 21:31 17/06/2009
At least eight people have drowned and over a dozen others are feared dead following the capsizing of a wedding boat in southern Pakistan, national media said on Wednesday.
- 20:14 17/06/2009
Russia's Gazprom has demanded that Belarusian state company Beltransgaz pay off its $231 million debt for natural gas supplies by June 23, the Russian embassy in Minsk said on Wednesday.
- 19:59 17/06/2009
An 18-month-old boy has been diagnosed with bird flu in Egypt, marking the country's 81st confirmed human avian influenza case, a spokesman for the country's health ministry said
- 18:58 17/06/2009
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned a series of racist attacks on Romanians in Belfast that forced over 100 people, including a newborn baby, to hide in a church.
- 18:01 17/06/2009
The final seat in the town council of the small town of Cave Creek in Arizona was decided by drawing cards after both candidates garnered equal support, The Arizona Republic has reported
- 17:56 17/06/2009
The global financial crisis is prompting the requirement for leading emerging market economies to cooperate more closely
- 17:24 17/06/2009
he presidential election campaign in Iran was "absolutely democratic," a Russian analyst who observed the disputed June 12 polls has said.
- 17:03 17/06/2009
China's President Hu Jintao met with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss bilateral economic contacts and energy cooperation.
- 17:02 17/06/2009
Russia and China are in favor of resuming the six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear problem, and resolving the issue by diplomatic means, the countries' leaders said in a joint statement.
- 16:37 17/06/2009
The head of the French agency investigating air crashes (BEA) said Wednesday that it is unlikely that the entire Air France A330 that crashed June 1 will be recovered from the Atlantic Ocean.
- 16:25 17/06/2009
About 30 people including women and children gathered on the seventh floor of a building under construction in Azerbaijan, and threatened to jump off in protest against a relative's imprisonment, local media reported
- 16:04 17/06/2009
North Korea warned on Wednesday of an overwhelming military strike against the United States and its allies if they provoke the country.
- 15:29 17/06/2009
Supporters of the defeated reformist candidate in last week's election in Iran plan to hold a fifth day of rallies in the capital on Wednesday afternoon, in defiance of a government ban.
- 15:25 17/06/2009
Two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol flight over the Arctic, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday.
- 14:58 17/06/2009
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has harvested vegetables grown in an organic garden on the White House soil, national media said on Wednesday.
- 14:19 17/06/2009
Russian energy giant Gazprom expects exports of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin II project in the Far East to reach 5 million metric tons this year, a deputy CEO said on Wednesday.
- 13:50 17/06/2009
Russia will not start natural gas deliveries to China in 2011 as planned, because the parties have yet to agree on the price, a senior Gazprom executive said on Wednesday.
- 11:40 17/06/2009
Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov will begin a visit to Russia, Israel's second-largest tourism partner, on Wednesday.
- 11:37 17/06/2009
Another body has been found in the Atlantic Ocean where an Air France plane went down on June 1, bringing the total to 50, the Brazilian Navy and Air Force said at a joint press conference.
