Labour leader says projected rise in number of children hit by policy is ‘powerful’ reason to ditch it but refuses to set timeline

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa by phone on her re-election as president of South Africa following the results of the May 29 general elections, the Kremlin's press service reports.

Russia is terminating its participation in the proceedings initiated by Australia and the Netherlands in the ICAO Council against the Russian Federation in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing MH17

Armenia and France have reached new agreements in military-technical cooperation, an agreement has been signed with the French company KNDS, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Leonid Gornin First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The Rutube application is temporarily blocked in the App Store, the company is working to resolve this issue, the press service of the video hosting told RIA Novosti.

The number of Nizhny Novgorod residents who turned to doctors with signs of botulism has increased. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Health of the region.

A detachment of Russian warships is leaving Cuba, and local residents are watching their departure, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

Tropical nights, which are observed in Moscow, are quite rare for mid-June and occur once every seven to eight years, said Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist of the Moscow Meteorological Bureau, in her Telegram channel.

The government has supported a bill on the introduction of a new regime for the expulsion of illegal migrants in Russia, according to a document available to RIA Novosti.