A Russian Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket launched from the Baikonur space center put Malaysia's Measat-3a communications satellite into orbit on Monday, a Federal Space Agency Roscosmos official said.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 05:21 GMT

At least 457 people were arrested during rioting in Iran's capital on Saturday as protests continued against the country's disputed presidential election, Mehr news agency reported on Monday.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 05:38 GMT

Russian Army units trained in the Samara and Nizhny Novgorod Regions.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 05:45 GMT

Brazilian forensic experts have identified 11 bodies of people killed in an Air France A330 crash three weeks ago, Brazil's federal police said on Monday.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 05:48 GMT

Riot police try to disperse protesters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, as the protestors defy a ban on demonstrations.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 06:11 GMT

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are one of the fastest growing sectors of the aerospace industry, as was clear at this year's Paris Air Show.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 06:14 GMT

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin arrives in Moscow on Monday for talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on bilateral relations and Moldova's upcoming elections.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 06:19 GMT

The president of Russia's volatile southern republic of Ingushetia has been hospitalized after he was seriously injured in an assassination attempt, the republic's Interior Ministry said on Monday.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 06:21 GMT

Moscow supports the idea of five-party talks on North Korea's nuclear problem to determine further steps in dealing with the current crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 06:40 GMT

The EU external affairs commissioner is due in Belarus on Monday for talks with President Alexander Lukashenko, a spokesman for the European Commission in Minsk said.

// Jun. 22, 2009 - 07:06 GMT