Search attempts throughout the night for survivors after a residential building collapsed in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have revealed only one cat, emergencies officials said on Thursday.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 05:14 GMT
Twenty-three coal miners have been trapped in a mine after a flooding accident in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang near the Russian border, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 05:24 GMT
Two police officers were wounded when their vehicle came under fire in Ingushetia, an Interior Ministry official in the southern Russian republic said on Thursday.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 05:51 GMT
U.S. air force conduct military training in South Korea amid allegations North Korea is threatening regional security.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 06:17 GMT
The Iranian capital Tehran has hosted a second classic car show which is now pen to the public.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 06:20 GMT
Two people are known to be trapped and seven more are unaccounted for after a residential building collapsed in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan earlier on Wednesday, emergencies officials said.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 06:23 GMT
Talks between Honduras' interim government and representatives of ouster President Manuel Zelaya have again broken down in Costa Rica.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 07:09 GMT
Russia's international reserves, largely holding gold and foreign exchange, decreased by $2.8 billion to $398.1 billion in the week of July 10–17, the Central Bank of Russia said on Thursday.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 07:33 GMT
Ex-Soviet Central Asian Kyrgyzstan has begun presidential elections on Thursday with six candidates on the ballots, including incumbent President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who is seen as a frontrunner.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 07:53 GMT
A toxic leak in the Latvian port city of Riga has prompted authorities to evacuate residents from nearby neighborhoods due to the threat of an explosion, a spokeswoman for the Riga mayor's office said on Thursday.
// Jul. 23, 2009 - 08:02 GMT