- 19:30 31/12/2009
The situation on the popular tourist island of Bali is under control, Russia's honorary consul said commenting on reports of a terrorist threat.
- 18:48 31/12/2009
Heavy rains over the last two days have caused landslides in Rio de Janeiro and its suburbs, killing at least 10 people, Brazil's EFE news agency reported on Thursday.
- 18:02 31/12/2009
Turkmenistan will resume natural gas supplies to Russia on January 9, 2010, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Thursday.
- 17:20 31/12/2009
Police in Finland's southern city of Espoo have said the bodies of six people have been found in a shopping mall after a shooting spree earlier in the day, Finnish news agencies reported on Thursday.
- 17:00 31/12/2009
Gazprom's natural gas output will decline 16%, year-on-year, in 2009 to 461 billion cubic meters, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Thursday.
- 16:00 31/12/2009
RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year; below a month-by-month review of 2009 continues with December
- 16:00 31/12/2009
RIAN News Service looks back at the main events of the outgoing year
- 15:34 31/12/2009
Bolivians will have an opportunity to taste a unique fizzy drink produced from coca leaves starting from the new year, Latin American media reported on Thursday.
- 14:37 31/12/2009
At least three people were killed on Thursday when a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall in Finland's southern city of Espoo, local media reported.
- 14:26 31/12/2009
Russia has allowed the first flights between Moscow and Tbilisi since air travel between the countries was frozen three years ago, the Transportation Ministry said on Thursday.
- 13:04 31/12/2009
Moscow has no knowledge of an alleged uranium deal between Iran and Kazakhstan but will look into the allegations, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday
- 13:00 31/12/2009
Seventy-six journalists were killed and 157 fled their countries to escape persecutions in 2009, according to figures released by Reporters Without Borders.
- 09:32 31/12/2009
Eight Americans, reportedly working for the CIA, have been killed in a suicide bombing at a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan, local media reported on Thursday.
- 06:30 31/12/2009
A Canadian journalist and four military servicemen were killed in a blast in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar
- 06:26 31/12/2009
- 05:05 31/12/2009
Ben Southall, the winner of the 'Best job in the World,' has been stung by a deadly jellyfish as he jetskied near a tropical island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
- 04:59 31/12/2009
- 03:32 31/12/2009
A drunk man went on a killing spree in south China hacking six people to death and injuring nine more, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
- 03:31 31/12/2009
