The death toll from Wednesday's powerful earthquake in southern Iran has risen to six, while another 46 people were injured, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Thursday.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 05:12 GMT
Russia has successfully launched a Progress spacecraft on board a Soyuz-U rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan to deliver supplies to the ISS, a Mission Control spokesman said Thursday.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 05:54 GMT
Over 32,000 refugees have returned to South Ossetia from southern Russia since Georgia's 8 attack on the breakaway republic, a Russian emergencies spokesman said Thursday.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 07:04 GMT
Russia's foreign minister will visit Poland on Thursday to discuss U.S. missile shield plans, the Georgia conflict, and ties with the EU.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 07:08 GMT
Ukraine is pursuing “unfriendly” policies toward Russia that could harm bilateral contacts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Thursday.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 08:26 GMT
Russia's Interior Ministry said former executives at the TNK oil producer are suspected of owing around $880 million in unpaid tax for 2001–2003, the ministry's investigation committee said in a statement on Thursday.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 09:47 GMT
Over 20 Su-27 Flanker fighters will conduct live firing drills at a practice range in the Volga-Urals military district on September 15–21, an Air Force spokesman said on Thursday.
// Sep. 11, 2008 - 10:10 GMT