U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday “a mix of human and systematic failures” was to blame for the failed Christmas Day bombing of the U.S.-bound plane with some 300 passengers.
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 00:03 GMT
A group of unidentified attackers has stabbed to death a national of Ghana in Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 00:43 GMT
An international humanitarian convoy carrying aid to the Gaza Strip returned to Syria after Egypt had denied access to its territory
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 02:00 GMT
Two workers were crushed to death by concrete blocks near the city of Tasikmalaya on Indonesia's island of Java when a building collapsed during construction
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 03:13 GMT
Two Iranian nationals have been detained at Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok while trying to sneak on to a Japanese-bound cargo vessel
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 03:59 GMT
Two Iranian nationals have been detained at Russia's Far Eastern port of Vladivostok while trying to sneak at a Japanese-bound cargo vessel
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 03:59 GMT
The U.S. and Yemen are now studying possible targets in the Arab state for a potential retaliation strike on Al-Qaeda facilities in the country
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 04:50 GMT
Nine people, who were injured in a fire in the Urals city of Perm, were discharged from hospitals on Monday and Tuesday, the regional emergencies service said in a statement on Wednesday.
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 05:27 GMT
Nine people, who were injured in a fire in the Urals city of Perm, were discharged from hospitals on Monday and Tuesday, the regional emergencies service said in a statement on Wednesday.
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 05:27 GMT
At least one person was killed and another 10 injured as two buses collided near the Russian Volga city of Volgograd early on Wednesday, a local police source said.
// Dec. 30, 2009 - 06:19 GMT