- 20:29 27/08/2009
A twenty seven-year-old woman threw her two children off a balcony and then jumped herself in the German city of Pforzheim on Thursday, national media said.
- 20:26 27/08/2009
China has criticized Taiwan's decision to invite the Dalai Lama, accusing the Tibetan spiritual leader of seeking to damage the republic's relations with Beijing.
- 19:08 27/08/2009
The presidents of Russia and Belarus held three-hour informal talks on Thursday, pledging to tackle problems hindering bilateral ties, a Kremlin aide said.
- 18:39 27/08/2009
A firefighting aircraft crashed on Thursday near the Greek island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea, killing the pilot, the country's fire service told RIA Novosti.
- 17:01 27/08/2009
Eight men detained last week on suspicion of hijacking the Arctic Sea cargo ship have been arraigned on piracy and kidnapping charges.
- 15:16 27/08/2009
At least 58 Taliban insurgents have been killed in two provinces in northern Afghanistan since the August 20 elections, an Afghani general said on Thursday.
- 13:52 27/08/2009
The campaign chief of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said they would appeal the results of the poll if it is falsified.
- 13:43 27/08/2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered a nine-month moratorium on Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank, a government source told Haaretz.
- 13:34 27/08/2009
The presidents of Russia and Belarus met in the Black Sea resort Sochi on Thursday to talk bilateral economic ties.
- 13:25 27/08/2009
China has saved some 3 million metric tons of oil in the year since a ban was imposed on supermarkets giving customers free plastic bags.
- 10:07 27/08/2009
Cuban TV has broadcast an extended version of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's recent meeting with Venezuelan law students, in which he appears to be good health
- 10:05 27/08/2009
Nicaragua plans to supply 12,000 metric tons of beef and pork products to Russia annually from 2010, the country's agriculture and forestry minister, Ariel Bucardo, said on Thursday.
- 09:36 27/08/2009
U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, who lost his battle with brain cancer Wednesday, is to be buried on Saturday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia near to his slain brothers Robert and John.
