Rescuers have recovered another 17 bodies from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean last week, bringing the total number to 41, Brazilian representatives involved in the search operation said.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 05:13 GMT
Russia's UN envoy said a “consensus” was close following talks on a new resolution on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test in defiance of the UN Security Council.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 05:31 GMT
The bodies of nine miners have been recovered following Monday's coal mine accident in eastern Ukraine, while four others are still unaccounted for, a spokesman for the local mining authority said on Wednesday.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 05:49 GMT
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze have reached a preliminary agreement on the release of opposition members detained during the course of recent protests in the country.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 05:51 GMT
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a regional intergovernmental security alliance involving Russia, China and four Central Asian states.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 06:56 GMT
U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth said the U.S. has no plans to carry out military action in North Korea or overthrow its existing government.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 06:57 GMT
A top judge in Russia's volatile southern republic of Ingushetia died in hospital after her vehicle was attacked on Wednesday, the region's Interior Ministry said.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 07:00 GMT
Russian artworks fetched over $6.6 million, well above the lowest estimate of $5.4 million, at an auction at Christie's in London
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 07:34 GMT
Russian International Space Station commander Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt have installed a docking cone in Zvezda module's depressurized docking bay, Russia's Mission Control said on Wednesday.
// Jun. 10, 2009 - 07:46 GMT