- 21:37 24/08/2009
The number of human cases of swine flu infection has reached 251,461 worldwide, of which 2,545 have been fatal, Russia's consumer rights regulator said
- 20:52 24/08/2009
Russian prosecutors said on Monday that Ukrainian troops and members of a nationalist group were involved in Georgia's attack on South Ossetia last August
- 20:30 24/08/2009
Afghanistan's electoral authorities are expected to announce on Tuesday vote counts from several provinces following last Thursday's presidential election
- 19:05 24/08/2009
The Arctic Sea merchant vessel, recently freed from hijackers by a Russian missile frigate, is being towed by a tugboat to the south Russian port of Novorossiisk
- 18:37 24/08/2009
India's defense industry handed over to the army on Monday the first ten T-90 Bhishma main battle tanks assembled under a Russian license at a domestic plant
- 18:28 24/08/2009
Hamas announced on Monday a series of new regulations for Gaza schools, forcing female pupils to wear Muslim dress, Israel's Haaretz daily reported
- 17:44 24/08/2009
The Arctic Sea merchant vessel, recently freed from hijackers by a Russian missile frigate, is being towed to the south Russian port of Novorossiisk, a port official said.
- 17:31 24/08/2009
Estonia joined on Monday an international investigation group probing the hijacking of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel, along with Russia, Finland, Sweden and Malta.
- 16:43 24/08/2009
Russia's president criticized on Monday media reports that claimed a recent fatal accident at a south Siberia hydropower plant indicated that Russia was on the verge of a technological collapse.
- 16:38 24/08/2009
A street in the Smogorzewie district in northern Poland has been named after The Beatles
- 16:13 24/08/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the emergencies ministry to send two airplanes to Greece to help in putting out wildfires
- 15:08 24/08/2009
Contracts totaling $10 billion dollars were signed during the MAKS-2009 air show outside Moscow, setting a record for Russia's most important biennial aerospace exhibition.
- 14:27 24/08/2009
The European Union has placed some 100 Russian air carriers, including Aeroflot, on a list of airlines that could be banned from European airports unless they reduce their environmental impact from 2012.
- 13:21 24/08/2009
The death toll from early August's Typhoon Morakot in Taiwan has risen from 163 to 291
- 12:41 24/08/2009
Firefighters are continuing to fight a large wildfire on the outskirts of Athens, using 17 airplanes and several helicopters
- 10:39 24/08/2009
The launch of the shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station is scheduled for 1:36 a.m. EDT [05:36 GMT] on Tuesday, a NASA spokesman told RIA Novosti
- 10:06 24/08/2009
The Miss Universe 2009 crown has been won by Miss Venezuela, the country's second victory in a row
