2009-07-04 16:54
North Korea has fired seven ballistic missiles in an act of defiance towards the United States that further stoked regional tensions.
2009-07-04 18:07
An Israeli minister is "very concerned" about the US response to North Korea's test-launch of a series of missiles.
2009-07-04 14:32
President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while John McCain called for Americans to support millions of Iranian election protesters.
2009-07-04 14:32
A strong earthquake measuring a magnitude of six shook Panama, but there are no reports of casualties or damage, the US Geological Survey has reported.
2009-07-04 13:00
Yemenia is suspending all flights to the Comoros in the aftermath of the crash of an Airbus A310 near the islands' capital Moroni in which 153 died.
2009-07-04 13:00
An official says militants ambushed a Russian police convoy and killed nine officers in the volatile southern province of Ingushetia.
2009-07-04 10:01
One US soldier and an Afghan have been killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan, officials say.
2009-07-04 11:39
Lithuania is bracing for a nationwide party as it prepares to mark its symbolic 1 000th birthday and give itself some respite from a daily fare of economic crisis headlines.
2009-07-04 10:01
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply disappointed" after the Myanmar junta rejected his second and final request to meet Aung San Suu Kyi.
2009-07-04 10:01
Japan has condemned North Korea's latest missile launches as a "serious act of provocation" against security in the region.
2009-07-04 08:28
A train carrying hundreds of passengers hit a trailer filled with hay and derailed in central France, leaving 13 people injured, police say.