News of the Day, 15:00 Moscow time

* The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, gathered for a summit in Yekaterinburg, called for renewed talks on solving the nuclear dispute with North Korea

* Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) consider "unacceptable" the recent statements made by the North Korean leadership, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said

* Russia's president urged for documents to be drawn up, setting out rules for admitting new members to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

* Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held bilateral talks in Russia's Yekaterinburg for the first time since last November's terrorist attack in Mumbai

* Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has given instructions to hold talks and sign military cooperation deals with the former Georgian republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Kremlin said on its website

* Russia's Sukhoil Civil Aircraft and aircraft dealer Avialeasing announced that they have signed a $715 million contract for the delivery of 24 Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliners in 2011-2013

* A delegation from Belarus is ready for talks on dairy exports to Russia, and expects them to go ahead despite reports to the contrary, an official in the Belarusian Embassy in Moscow said

* Seven people were killed in Tehran when shots were fired into a group of protesters disputing the results of the presidential election, Iran's Press TV reported, citing state radio

* A commission to investigate the May 10 pipeline blast in Moscow has found that seven people bore responsibility for the accident, the chief of Moscow's gas distributor said