The UN secretary general has urged a change of position on Afghanistan to improve the security situation in the South Central Asian country.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 00:51 GMT

Russian Vladimir Chagin (Kamaz) has won the third special stage of the legendary off-road Dakar Rally in Buenos Aires.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 01:59 GMT

The United States will support the Yemeni authorities in their fight against terrorism, State Secretary Hillary Clinton said Monday.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 02:54 GMT

Five people were killed when a domestic gas cylinder exploded in a private house in the Russian city of Kemerovo in southwest Siberia in the early hours of Tuesday, emergencies services said.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 03:48 GMT

A Russian warship will escort a regular convoy of commercial vessels through pirate-infested waters off the Horn of Africa on Tuesday, a Navy spokesman said.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 04:49 GMT

Over 2,000 leading global carmakers will present their new products at the international car show Auto Expo 2010 that opens in New Delhi on Tuesday, the head of India's carmaker association said.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 05:07 GMT

A total of 125 people have been killed in a cold snap that swept across northern India, the All India Radio said on Tuesday.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 06:11 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated the incumbent governor of the Far Eastern Primorye Territory for another term, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 07:09 GMT

Police in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have prevented a major terrorist attack after discovering a powerful bomb planted near a busy road, a police source said on Tuesday.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 07:46 GMT

Iran has compiled a list of some 60 foreign organizations and media which it said were agents in the “soft war” against the country, the Press TV reported on Tuesday.

// Jan. 05, 2010 - 08:35 GMT