The presidents of Russia and the U.S. discussed the countries' long-running dispute over Washington's plans to deploy a missile shield in Central Europe on the first day of the G8 summit in Japan.
// Jul. 07, 2008 - 05:31 GMT
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice starts a European tour on Monday with a visit to the Czech Republic to sign a missile shield agreement, and will later travel to Bulgaria and Georgia.
// Jul. 07, 2008 - 06:01 GMT
Four people have died and six are injured following an explosion in Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia, an attack the local authorities have blamed on Georgian security forces.
// Jul. 07, 2008 - 06:42 GMT
The upcoming annual Group of Eight (G8) summit will meet on Hokkaido, Japan, on July 7–9, 2008. The main issue it will focus on will be the environment.
// Jul. 07, 2008 - 08:00 GMT
The death toll in Sunday's suicide attack at the Indian embassy in Kabul has risen to 28 people with 140 injured making it the deadliest attack this year, the Afghan health ministry said Monday.
// Jul. 07, 2008 - 08:22 GMT