Russia will switch to daylight saving time (DST) on Sunday, turning the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 00:05 GMT

A South Korean naval ship sank in the Yellow Sea near the border with North Korea late on Friday, and more than 40 sailors are missing while 58 were rescued, local media reported.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 01:43 GMT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced on Friday new measures to simplify visa issuance for Russian nationals in an urge to give a boost to the country's tourism industry.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 03:25 GMT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced on Friday new measures to simplify visa issuance for Russian nationals in an urge to give a boost to the country's tourism industry.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 03:25 GMT

A U.S. State Department spokesman has praised the new arms reduction treaty Russia and the United States are to sign in April

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 04:12 GMT

South Korea is continuing the rescue operation on its naval ship that sunk in the Yellow Sea near the border with North Korea late on Friday, with 46 sailors still missing, the Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 04:44 GMT

Several hundred people were safely evacuated early on Saturday from a subway train in eastern Moscow after smoke appeared in the tunnel, a spokesman for the Russian capital's emergency service said.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 05:14 GMT

NASA has given the final go-ahead for the launch of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) scheduled for April 5, NASA said on its website on Saturday.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 06:15 GMT

Dozens of British Airways (BA) flights are canceled as the firm's cabin crew warm up for the next strike, due to begin at midnight.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 07:19 GMT

India has successfully test-fired two short-range nuclear-capable missiles off the coast of the Orissa state on Saturday, the IANS news agency reported, quoting military officials.

// Mar. 27, 2010 - 08:05 GMT