The Kiel Week (Kieler Woche) is an annual sailing event taking place at the port of Kiel, northern Germany. Since 1882, the year of the first race t, the event has grown into a truly grand sailing festival.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 04:54 GMT

A police officer was killed and at least 14 others wounded when gunmen opened fire on a police station in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan, a local police spokesman said

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 05:02 GMT

At least seven teenagers were wounded after two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop near a school in the U.S. city of Detroit, local media said citing police.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 05:25 GMT

A Proton-M carrier rocket put into orbit on Wednesday a U.S. telecommunications satellite, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 05:31 GMT

South Korea's coast guard practice anti-terror training as the alert level rises against an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which may be preparing fresh provocations.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 06:05 GMT

A Yemeni Airbus A310–300 has crashed into the sea off the Comoros archipelago, with 153 people on board.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 06:08 GMT

A Ford factory near Russia's second city of St. Petersburg said on Wednesday it was halting production for six business days until July 9.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 06:10 GMT

Deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya announced at a UN session that he would return to his country despite the threat of arrest.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 06:13 GMT

The Russian Pacific Fleet's Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and Irkut tanker returned on Wednesday to their base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 06:29 GMT

Report for the meeting of the Russian-U.S. section of the Valdai International Discussion Club

// Jul. 01, 2009 - 07:13 GMT