One killed, 3 injured in militant attack on convoy in Chechnya

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:05 GMT


Italian railway blast kills 13, injures at least 50 others

At least thirteen people have died and around 50 have been injured in a gas explosion at a railway station in northern Italy, local media said on Tuesday citing local officials.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:13 GMT


Russia to launch U.S. telecoms satellite from Baikonur

A Proton-M rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite will be launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:21 GMT


Yemeni plane crashes off Comoros, 150 feared dead

A Yemeni airliner crashed in the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday with 150 people onboard, regional media said.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:29 GMT


Three young children die in blaze in northern Kazakhstan

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:55 GMT


Two foreign vessels stopped for poaching off East Sakhalin

Coast guards in Sakhalin in Russia's Far East have stopped two foreign vessels on suspicion of poaching crab, a local border control spokesman said on Tuesday.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:56 GMT


Moscow Millionaire Summer Fair: No problem here.

There are no apparent signs of a spending reign back at the Moscow Millionaire Summer Fair.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 05:58 GMT


Russia shows off navy prowess

The Russian Navy shows off its resources at the fourth International Maritime Defence Show in St. Petersburg.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 06:02 GMT


U.S. warship to visit port in Russia's Far East

A U.S. missile destroyer will arrive on July 1 in the port of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East on a goodwill visit, a U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 06:17 GMT


Senior militant killed in Chechen police operation

A senior militant was killed during a special operation in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, the republic's interior minister said on Tuesday.

// Jun. 30, 2009 - 06:25 GMT