- 23:24 25/11/2009
- 23:20 25/11/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will start a two-day visit to France on Thursday, during which the two countries may finally agree on the purchase of a French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship.
- 21:50 25/11/2009
Russia and Estonia agreed on Wednesday to strengthen joint efforts to fight drug trafficking.
- 21:33 25/11/2009
Russia has yet to receive a reply from NATO to its proposal to sign an agreement on the prevention of "dangerous" military activities in border areas, Russia's envoy to the alliance said on Wednesday.
- 20:50 25/11/2009
Geneva prosecutor's office opened on Wednesday an investigation into a drunken high-speed car race which involved four Russians and left a pensioner severely injured, the Swiss ATS news agency said.
- 20:16 25/11/2009
Iran on Wednesday completed the first day of the third stage of an air-defense exercise, which saw the test firing of modern missile systems, the ISNA news agency said.
- 19:37 25/11/2009
Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who recently died in a Moscow prison, aided the company's owner in a scheme to illegally buy and sell Gazprom stock, Russian investigators said Wednesday.
- 18:39 25/11/2009
The son of a Russian businessman has been expelled from his university in Geneva after being involved in a high-speed drunken race in which a pensioner was severely injured.
- 18:38 25/11/2009
U.S. space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday and is set to return to earth on Friday, NASA said.
- 15:37 25/11/2009
Chinese police and animal rights activists rescued more than 800 cats scheduled to be listed on restaurant menus in the country.
- 14:59 25/11/2009
A Russian military expert questioned on Wednesday Tehran's claims that it could build its own S-300 surface-to-air missile systems.
- 14:18 25/11/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay a working visit to Italy on the invitation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on December 3, the Kremlin said.
- 13:51 25/11/2009
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has declared Wednesday to be a national day of mourning for victims of Monday's politically-motivated massacre, Philippine News Agency reported.
- 13:13 25/11/2009
A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled against an appeal submitted by a suspect in the Arctic Sea ship seizure case, upholding a lower court ruling not to hand the case to investigators in Malta or Sweden.
- 12:32 25/11/2009
Human rights activists have noted a large-scale growth in violence toward Afghan women, hundreds of whom are beaten, intimidated or sexually assaulted by men daily.
- 11:09 25/11/2009
Kazakhstan moved to play down a spat with Russia over a delay in a rocket launch from the Russian-leased space center in the Central Asian republic earlier this week, saying it was a result of a misunderstanding.
- 09:56 25/11/2009
Indian President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday became the first woman leader in history to fly in an Air Force fighter jet.
- 07:55 25/11/2009
The U.S. has begun preparations to send an additional military contingent of 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, CNN has said citing defense ministry sources.
- 07:34 25/11/2009
Authorities in Geneva might seek extradition of Russian nationals over a drunken high-speed car race, which left a German man severely injured, the Tribune de Geneve paper said on Wednesday.
