Turkish bomber planes carried out strikes on Saturday night on Mount Qandil in northern Iraq, targeting bases of Kurdish separatists, the Turkish military announced on its website on Sunday.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 08:11 GMT
Russia will create 5–6 aircraft carrier groups in the Northern and Pacific Fleets, the Navy commander said on Sunday.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 09:01 GMT
Iran executed 29 people convicted of murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and other crimes, national television said on Sunday.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 09:27 GMT
The Olympic village, which will host athletes and officials during the Olympic Games due to start next month, was officially opened in Beijing on Sunday.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 11:39 GMT
The Orthodox Church unity under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate is no obstacle to the sovereignty of countries that are successors to Kievan Rus, Russian Patriarch Alexy II said on Sunday.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 12:23 GMT
Robert Dudley, the CEO of Russian British oil company TNK-BP, has set up a secret European command center to try to keep control of the company, the U.K.'s Sunday Times reported.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 14:01 GMT
Nigerian gunmen who seized five sailors from the ship Hercules, including two Russians, have not advanced any demands, the Russian embassy in Lagos said on Sunday.
// Jul. 27, 2008 - 14:22 GMT