Five police officers were killed and another six injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a police convoy in Russia's southern republic of Chechnya, a police source told RIA Novosti on Monday.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 04:58 GMT
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has made a dive to the bottom of the world's deepest lake, Baikal, in the Mir-1 mini-submarine.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 05:27 GMT
Chinese authorities have quarantined a town in the northwest of the country over an outbreak of pneumonic plague which has killed one and infected another 11 people, regional media said on Monday.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 05:47 GMT
Some 9.5 tons of gold and silver ore worth $21.5 million have been raised to the surface from a sunken ship off the coast of southern Argentina, according to regional media.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 06:09 GMT
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is expected to officially confirm on Monday Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner of the country's disputed June elections.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 06:21 GMT
A total of 55 people have been diagnosed with the swine flu virus in Russia, the country's chief sanitary official said on Monday.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 07:26 GMT
Japanese carmaker Toyota has suspended production at its plant near St. Petersburg until August 16 for planned employee vacations, a company spokeswoman told RIA Novosti on Monday.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 07:47 GMT
The Russian Premier League passed the halfway point at the weekend with reigning champions Rubin one point clear of Spartak Moscow and FC Moskva at the top of the table.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 08:05 GMT
A building demolition in Turkey went seriously wrong on Saturday when, instead of collapsing, it rolled over onto its roof.
// Aug. 03, 2009 - 08:10 GMT