North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has pancreatic cancer, South Korea's YTN said on Monday citing unnamed Chinese and Korean intelligence sources.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 05:29 GMT

The launch of space shuttle Endeavour has been put back once again until later on Monday due to bad weather around the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, NASA said.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 05:33 GMT

Two police officers are in hospital following an explosion in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a law enforcement source said on Monday.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 05:50 GMT

Tens of thousands of bikers gathered in the Hero City of Sevastopol in the Crimea with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. They voiced support for the Russian Black Sea Fleet and celebrated the 65th anniversary of liberating Sevastopol from the Nazi invaders.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 06:16 GMT

An array of eye-catching new abaya designs now fills shops in the Yemeni capital – attracting increasing numbers of high-heeled customers.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 06:23 GMT

Five of the six partners in the Nabucco gas pipeline project will sign on Monday an intergovernmental agreement in Ankara on the transit of Caspian gas to Europe.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 06:24 GMT

The worldâ™s first nuclear power plant was commissioned on June 27, 1954 in Obninsk. </p>

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 06:30 GMT

Five militants have been killed in the last 24 hours in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a spokesman for the republic's Interior Ministry said on Monday.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 06:48 GMT

The Israeli foreign ministry dismissed on Monday a proposal by the EU foreign policy chief that the UN should recognize Palestinian statehood, if the two sides failed to reach a deal, Israeli media said.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 06:49 GMT

Bulgaria has put two major energy projects with Russia on hold until the country's new prime minister-designate Boiko Borisov has carried out a review of outstanding projects, a business daily said on Monday.

// Jul. 13, 2009 - 07:36 GMT