- 18:36 02/08/2009
Five foreign troops including three Americans were killed during an ambush by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.
- 18:22 02/08/2009
The town of Ziketan in northwest China's Qinghai province has been quarantined following a man's death from pneumonic plague, state media reported.
- 17:52 02/08/2009
Russia's mediation in the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorny Karabakh region is producing results, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev said on Sunday.
- 17:01 02/08/2009
Eighteen people were injured on Sunday when a bus collided with a minivan in southern Poland, local police said.
- 16:42 02/08/2009
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has ordered a 170-meter (557-foot) yacht, which will make him the owner of the world's largest yacht, Forbes magazine said.
- 16:04 02/08/2009
Israel's president and premier have condemned Saturday night's shooting at a gay and lesbian youth center in Tel Aviv, in which two people died and 15 were injured.
- 14:40 02/08/2009
A Russian woman caught up in a custody battle with her Finnish ex-husband over their six-year-old son has been arrested in Finland for abduction, the Russian Embassy in Helsinki said.
- 13:34 02/08/2009
Kyrgyzstan's newly re-elected leader, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, was sworn in as president on Sunday.The inauguration took place at the government building in Bishkek, and was attended by lawmakers and the president of the neighboring Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
- 13:10 02/08/2009
Cuban President Raul Castro said that Cuba's communist system remained non-negotiable and that he would not 'restore capitalism' in Cuba.
- 10:33 02/08/2009
Three workers of Russia's Emergencies Ministry were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Russian North Caucasus Republic of Ingushetia, a spokesman for the republican Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
