- 21:16 13/08/2009
Thai prosecutors who represented Washington during the trial of Viktor Bout intend to appeal the court's refusal to extradite him to the United States, the Russian businessman's Thai lawyer said Thursday.
- 20:45 13/08/2009
Production of MiG-35 multirole fighters offered for sale to India cannot start before 2013 or 2014, a Russian aircraft maker said on Thursday.
- 20:13 13/08/2009
The Russian Navy dismissed on Thursday media reports that the Black Sea frigate Ladny had been pursuing a ship in the Atlantic that resembled the missing Arctic Sea cargo vessel.
- 19:58 13/08/2009
- 18:47 13/08/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said he was very disappointed by the Russian leader's recent open letter to him, describing the message as "unfriendly."
- 18:01 13/08/2009
A court in Majorca has found three Russian yachtsmen guilty of resisting arrest and sentenced them to a six-month suspended sentence and a fine, the Russian consulate general in Barcelona said on Thursday.
- 16:09 13/08/2009
Eleven people, including women and children, were killed when the bus they were riding in hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, a local official said on Thursday.
- 15:28 13/08/2009
An Australian science magazine is offering inhabitants of the third planet from the Sun the chance to send text messages to aliens, national media reported on Thursday.
- 15:22 13/08/2009
Russian warships, led by the Ladny frigate, are continuing the search for a Russian-crewed cargo ship missing in the Atlantic since August 1, the Navy said in a statement on Thursday.
- 15:02 13/08/2009
The world's tallest dog, a 7-year-old harlequin Great Dane, has died of bone cancer in Sacramento, the U.S., the National Post reported.
- 14:46 13/08/2009
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has no plans to visit Russia in the near future, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
- 14:10 13/08/2009
The European Union has condemned the murder of the head of a children's organization operating in Chechnya and her husband and has urged Moscow to ensure the safety of such activists, the EU presidency said.
- 12:59 13/08/2009
A bomb that exploded in the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit claimed the lives of two people and injured another seven, an Abkhaz official said on Thursday.
- 12:00 13/08/2009
Canada's Department of National Defense has sent a surveillance plane to the country's eastern coast to monitor two nuclear-powered Russian submarines in the area, CBC reported on Thursday.2
- 11:05 13/08/2009
Washington wants to see constructive relations between Ukraine and Russia, and supports Kiev's right to make its own choices, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said.
- 10:57 13/08/2009
Russia's largest truck producer KamAZ announced on Thursday net losses according to Russian Accounting Standards of 1.62 billion rubles ($50 million) in January-June 2009.
- 10:52 13/08/2009
- 10:29 13/08/2009
A U.S. discount airline has begun selling monthly "All-You-Can-Jet" passes on its domestic and international flights, according to JetBlue's website.
- 10:23 13/08/2009
China has donated $16 million to relief efforts in Taiwan in the aftermath of Typhoon Morakot, which killed 103 and injured 45 on the island, Taiwanese officials have said.
