US President Barack Obama on Wednesday notified Congress of the decision to suspend the Helms-Burton Act of 1996, which imposed a series of tough sanctions against Cuba. The Helms-Burton Act will be suspended from 1...

This was reported by the Interfax agency. Shortly before the crash in Iran, a pilot informed an air traffic controller about a technical problem on board the plane and asked for permission to make an emergency landing, Sirus Zaberi, lieutenant governor of... This is reported by the Interfax agency .

The confrontation between Vsevolod Ostapov, a 22-year-old third-year student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the People's Friendship University of Russia, and the policemen of the Sokolniki police department began on April 4 last year. Near the Sokolniki metro station, Vsevolod met with friends. To Ostapov...

This was stated in an interview with "Echo of Moscow" by the President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh. According to him, “Western Sahara was recognized by 48 countries, which did not make it an independent state and a subject of international law. The number of countries does not determine ... This was stated in an interview with "Echo of Moscow" by the President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh.

This was reported by the Human Rights Center "Memorial". According to the report, the human rights activist was abducted today, July 15, 2009, around 8:30 am in Grozny. Not far from the house, she was seized and forced into a white VAZ-2107 car. Currently... This was reported by the Human Rights Center "Memorial". According to the report, the human rights activist was abducted today, July 15, 2009, around 8:30 am in Grozny.

The fire at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines Tu-154 Tehran-Yerevan flight has been extinguished, rescuers are trying to remove the charred bodies from the wreckage of the aircraft, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported. Press TV is broadcasting... The fire at the crash site of the Caspian Airlines Tu-154 Tehran-Yerevan flight has been extinguished, rescuers are trying to remove the charred bodies from the wreckage of the aircraft, the Iranian news agency ISNA reported.

Municipal housing may be built on the site of the currently closed Cherkizovsky market in the east of the capital, Interfax reports, citing Andrei Metelsky, vice speaker of the Moscow City Duma. Market area... Municipal housing may be built on the site of the currently closed Cherkizovsky market in the east of the capital, Interfax reports, citing Andrei Metelsky, vice speaker of the Moscow City Duma. The territory occupied by the market is 300 hectares.

The city authorities submitted to the Ministry of Health and Social Development a list for a quota for attracting foreign labor for 2010, which is significantly less than the quota for 2009, said the head of the Moscow Department of Labor and Employment...

There were 153 passengers plus the crew on board the Caspian Airlines plane that crashed in Iran while flying Tehran-Yerevan, RIA Novosti reports citing a representative of the airline in Yerevan. According to the interlocutor... There were 153 passengers plus the crew on board the Caspian Airlines plane that crashed in Iran while flying Tehran-Yerevan, RIA Novosti reports citing a representative of the airline in Yerevan.

A passenger plane of the Tupolev brand crashed on Wednesday in northwestern Iran, Ekho Moskvy reports with reference to the NTV channel. According to information coming from the Iranian media, presumably everyone on board the liner ...

On the stretch between the Kievskaya and Vystavochnaya metro stations, a train stopped on Tuesday evening due to the fact that the driver lost consciousness, Interfax reports, citing a source in the city's law enforcement agencies. The driver was... On the stretch between the Kievskaya and Vystavochnaya metro stations, a train stopped on Tuesday evening due to the fact that the driver lost consciousness, Interfax reports , citing a source in the city's law enforcement agencies.

The former president of China's second largest petrochemical company, Sinopec, has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. Earlier, the businessman was accused of corruption and expelled from the ranks of the Chinese Communist Party. According to Ekho Moskvy,... The former president of China's second largest petrochemical company, Sinopec, has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve.

The last group of UN military observers (7 people), as well as the head of the UN military observers, Anwar Hussein, left Abkhazia on Wednesday morning, Deputy Head of the UN Mission Joseph Stephanides told reporters. According to the message agency "Interfax" The last group of UN military observers (7 people), as well as the head of the UN military observers, Anwar Hussein, left Abkhazia on Wednesday morning, Deputy Head of the UN Mission Joseph Stephanides told reporters.

Lightning struck a football field during an amateur match on Tuesday evening in Leoben in eastern Austria, 25 people were injured, RIA Novosti reports citing the Standart newspaper. According to eyewitnesses, the force of a lightning strike... Lightning struck a football field during an amateur match on Tuesday evening in Leoben in eastern Austria, 25 people were injured, RIA Novosti reports citing the Standart newspaper.

In the north-west of Moscow, an attacker took out a safe containing 1.5 million rubles from a supermarket, a source in the city's law enforcement agencies told Interfax on Wednesday. “On Tuesday at 10:00 a 41-year-old contacted the duty unit... In the north-west of Moscow, an attacker took out a safe containing 1.5 million rubles from a supermarket, told Interfax on Wednesday.