Multistage naval exercises involving a mixed task force of Russia's Pacific Fleet have ended in the Sea of Japan, the fleet said Thursday.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 00:14 GMT

The ruling Palestinian movement Fatah signed on Wednesday a national reconciliation deal called upon to end the conflict with its rival Islamist faction Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip, local media reported.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 01:13 GMT

Russia has launched the Progress M-03M cargo spaceship to the International Space Station from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Mission Control official said Thursday.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 02:18 GMT

Five cars and a truck have collided in the southern Siberian city of Irkutsk on a bridge across the Angara River, four people were injured, local emergencies services said Thursday.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 03:54 GMT

Russia's bid to host the 2018 World Cup will get a top-level boost on Thursday when Prime Minister Vladimir Putin meets with FIFA President Sepp Blatter.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 05:08 GMT

The United States has called on both sides in the conflict in Honduras to seek peaceful ways to resolve their differences.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 05:35 GMT

Over 150 locations where researchers found and described ancient drawings on stones are known on the whole Iberian peninsula

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 05:50 GMT

Buried, unearthed, decapitated, and restored, a Cuban mummy finally rests in peace at museum.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 06:09 GMT

A court in Urumqi, the capital of China's northwestern Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, sentenced six people to death on Thursday over July's deadly riots in the city, Xinhua said on Thursday.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 06:29 GMT

Russian energy giant Gazprom and Serbia's state gas company have initialed an agreement to set up a joint venture to develop a Serbian underground gas depot, Srbijagas said on Thursday.

// Oct. 15, 2009 - 07:01 GMT