An officer from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has been killed in a shootout with militants in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, a police source said on Friday.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 04:53 GMT
At least 24 people were killed in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu early on Friday when a bus caught fire, Xinhua said.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 05:33 GMT
Brazil's Air Force chief said that none of the debris recovered during a search for the wreckage of an Air France Airbus 330 that went missing off Brazil's northeast coast belonged to the aircraft.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 05:33 GMT
The five permanent members of the UN Security Council 'are close' to passing a draft resolution on N. Korea which includes new sanctions against the reclusive communist regime, Russia's UN envoy has said.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 06:03 GMT
Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 3 trillion 857.4 million rubles ($125.3 billion at the current exchange rate) as of June 1, down 9.4% in the week since May 25.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 06:08 GMT
A 51-year-old woman leapt from her 10th floor apartment a day after her daughter committed suicide after being sacked from debt-ridden air carrier Dalavaia, a police source said on Friday.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 06:26 GMT
A court bailiff was shot to death by gunmen on Friday morning in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, a police spokesman has said.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 06:34 GMT
There was tight security on the 20th anniversary of a military crackdown on Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests on Thursday (June 4, 2009).
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 06:42 GMT
By the end of the month US combat forces will have left Iraqi cities, part of what the military says is a move from combat operations to stability.
// Jun. 05, 2009 - 06:51 GMT