North Korea is to close for shipping its coastal waters near the port of Wonsan from June 25 until July 10 due to military exercises in the area, Japanese television reported on Tuesday.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 05:31 GMT
Officials say at least four people are killed and dozens injured as two rush-hour subway trains collide in Washington DC.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 05:50 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Egypt on Tuesday on the start of a four-country trip to Africa, his first to the continent as Russian leader.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 06:12 GMT
At least six people were killed and more than 70 others injured during the evening rush hour in northeast Washington, when one train crashed into the back of another.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 06:13 GMT
Montenegrin trainer Miodrag Bozovic may take over from Dick Advocaat when the Dutch coach leaves Zenit St. Petersburg at the end of the season, a Russian sports paper said
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 06:51 GMT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will address a conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Tuesday as part of his European tour.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 06:51 GMT
Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor, Department of Political Science, Columbia University
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 06:55 GMT
A powerful earthquake aftershock has hit the Italian city of L'Aquila, due to host a G8 summit next month, the country's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said on Tuesday.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 07:00 GMT
Iran's Guardian Council, which oversees national elections, has said it will not annul the results of the country's controversial June 12 presidential vote, state television reports said.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 07:24 GMT
Russian truck maker KamAZ suspended its main assembly line on Tuesday after completing its orders for June, the company's press office said.
// Jun. 23, 2009 - 07:37 GMT