Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, who won the first round of ex-Soviet state's presidential elections, said early parliamentary elections may take place in the country in May 2010, if he wins the presidential race.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 00:41 GMT

A blanket of snow with black dust has covered the Latvian capital, Riga, a local paper said on its website.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 01:13 GMT

A rescue vessel has reached a refrigerator ship in distress off Russia's Sakhalin Island, a rescue spokesman said on Monday.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 01:29 GMT

A rescue vessel has reached a refrigerator ship in distress off Russia's Sakhalin Island, a rescue spokesman said on Monday.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 01:29 GMT

Mexicans consume more than 550 tons of drugs worth over $800 mln annually, the country's secretary of public security said on Monday.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 02:17 GMT

Nine people, including an American, were wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on a convoy belonging to a U.S. gold mining company in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua, CNN has said.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 03:13 GMT

An Ethiopian airliner with more than 90 passengers on board disappeared from radar early on Monday and is believed to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 04:15 GMT

The Guatemalan criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the country's ex-President Alfonso Portillo, who faces extradition to the U.S. on charges of money laundering, local media said on Monday.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 04:29 GMT

Foreign ministers from all over the world will gather in Canada's second-largest city of Montreal on Monday to discuss the rebuilding of Haiti, where a devastating January 12 earthquake claimed up to 150,000 lives.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 05:07 GMT

The Palestinian National Authority will continue dialogue with the U.S. in regard to returning to the negotiation table with Israel, though regional peace talks are too early for the agenda, a PNA spokesman said on Monday.

// Jan. 25, 2010 - 06:40 GMT