Two police officers and two servicemen were killed during a shootout with militants in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source said on Wednesday.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 04:55 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspected airborne troops and the Moskva missile cruiser at the Novorossiisk Naval base

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 04:58 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspected airborne troops and the Moskva missile cruiser at the Novorossiisk Naval base

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 04:58 GMT

Berlin school pupils join in the preparations for the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which will be recreated using 1000 dominos.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 05:53 GMT

Three people died after a fire broke out in a multistory apartment building in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, the regional emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 06:01 GMT

The election to choose a new UNESCO head has entered its final phase and Russia has made it known that it will give $20 million to the UN cultural agency if its candidate wins, a Russian business daily said on Wednesday.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 06:04 GMT

An explosion at a chemical plant in central China's Henan Province left five dead, two missing and 108 injured early on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 06:07 GMT

Two people were killed on Wednesday when militants opened fire on the car of a court bailiff in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, local investigators said.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 06:36 GMT

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has called on supporters within the country to rise up against the authorities to help force his reinstatement.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 06:44 GMT

Russia will raise its oil export duty from the current $212.6 to $222 per metric ton from August 1, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

// Jul. 15, 2009 - 06:56 GMT