Three workers of Russia's Emergencies Ministry were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Russian North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, a spokesman for the republican Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 06:33 GMT
Israel's president and premier have condemned Saturday night's shooting at a gay and lesbian youth center in Tel Aviv, in which two people died and 15 were injured.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 12:04 GMT
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has ordered a 170-meter (557-foot) yacht, which will make him the owner of the world's largest yacht, Forbes magazine said.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 12:42 GMT
Eighteen people were injured on Sunday when a bus collided with a minivan in southern Poland, local police said.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 13:01 GMT
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, called on Russian and Ukrainian naval personnel in the Crimea to cooperate peacefully, during his visit to Sevastopol on Sunday.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 13:12 GMT
Russia's mediation in the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorny Karabakh region is producing results, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev said on Sunday.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 13:52 GMT
The town of Ziketan in northwest China's Qinghai province has been quarantined following a man's death from pneumonic plague, state media reported.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 14:22 GMT
Five foreign troops including three Americans were killed during an ambush by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 14:36 GMT
Russia is marking on Sunday the day of the Prophet Elijah, the patron saint of the Airborne Troops.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 16:49 GMT
Russia is marking on Sunday the day of the Prophet Elijah, with church services around the country commemorating one of the greatest Old Testament saints.
// Aug. 02, 2009 - 16:49 GMT