Taliban claim major blast in Kabul

KABUL, August 15 (RIA Novosti) – The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car explosion in the Afghan capital on Saturday, which killed at least four people and injured dozens more.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 07:24 GMT


Officer wounded in new attack on south Russia police post

An officer was wounded in a new bold attack on a police post in the center of Dagestan's capital on Saturday, police in the southern Russian republic said.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 07:45 GMT


Taliban claim major suicide car blast in Kabul

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car explosion in the Afghan capital on Saturday, which killed at least seven people and injured dozens more.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 08:07 GMT


Islamist group leader killed in Gaza violence

The leader of a radical Islamist group was found dead after violence in the Gaza Strip overnight, when at least 19 people were killed, a Haman Interior Ministry official said on Saturday.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 08:41 GMT


Ingushetia leader gets improved armored car after June attempt

Ingushetia's leader will have an improved armored car, when he is back to work after treatment in Moscow after an attempt on his life in June, the press secretary of the south Russian region's leader said on Saturday.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 09:07 GMT


Arctic Sea briefly on radars, tracked to Bay of Biscay - journal

The tracking device aboard the Russian-crewed Arctic Sea, missing since late July, was briefly reactivated on Saturday showing the vessel to be located in the Bay of Biscay, a Russian maritime journal said.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 10:09 GMT


Safina shows class to move into the semifinals in Cincinnati

World No. 1 Dinara Safina gave a brilliant display in her quarterfinal match to overcome an unseeded, but on form, Kim Clijsters from Belgium at the Western & Southern Financial Group Open in Cincinnati.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 10:25 GMT


Two police dead after fresh attacks in south Russia

Two officers injured in separate attacks on police posts in Dagestan's capital on Saturday have died, a security official in the volatile southern Russian republic said.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 11:07 GMT


Hamas says Rafah violence over leaves 22 dead, 150 injured

Hamas said on Saturday violence between Hamas security forces and radical groups, which killed 22 people and injured around 150 overnight, was now under control.

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 12:01 GMT


Arctic Sea briefly on radar, tracked off France to Bay of Biscay

// Aug. 15, 2009 - 12:10 GMT