The U.S. space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew returned to Earth on Saturday to end the latest construction mission to the International Space Station, NASA said.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 08:39 GMT
Russia beat Greece 1–0 in their Group D match on Saturday, knocking the holders out of Euro 2008. Konstantin Zyryanov scored the winner in the 33rd minutes after Sergei Semak's overhead pass.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 09:02 GMT
Georgia and its breakaway province of South Ossetia on Sunday traded accusations of night shelling in the area, with the rebel region saying several people were injured in the incident.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 09:38 GMT
Trade between Russia and China increased 44%, year-on-year, in 2007 to $48.2 billion, a Chinese government official said on Sunday.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 10:14 GMT
Russia backs new incentives offered by six world powers to Iran in exchange for halting the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment program, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak said on Sunday.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 10:45 GMT
Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's new constitution that went into force on Sunday as its adoption will have negative consequences, Serbian President Boris Tadic said.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 12:19 GMT
Russia is unlikely to pay off most of its $4.5 billion debt to the World Bank early, a Finance Ministry official said on Sunday. Russia's Finance Ministry earlier said it expected to prepay most of its debt to the World Bank in the second half of the year.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 13:02 GMT
Russia's Defense Ministry on Sunday rejected the reports that it had allegedly opened a new military base in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia.
// Jun. 15, 2008 - 14:24 GMT