Russia's president and the newly elected president of Ukraine signed a landmark agreement on April 21 that signals an end to years of enmity between the two former Soviet republics.

The U.S. Coast Guard launched a major search effort on April 21 for 11 people missing after an explosion aboard an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi said on April 21 that the Islamic Republic is ready for a nuclear fuel swap "simultaneously" and "inside Iranian territory," the official IRNA news agency reported.

Thailand's ‘Red Shirt’ protesters fortified their rally base on Wednesday with home-made barricades as they braced for a military crackdown aimed at ending their campaign to oust the government.

A maritime official said on Tuesday that Somali pirates hijacked three Thai fishing vessels with 77 crew members over the weekend in one of their most daring raids so far.

NATO troops has shot a vehicle that approached their convoy in eastern Afghanistan, killing four unarmed Afghans and drawing swift condemnation from President Hamid Karzai.

China is holding a national day of mourning for victims of the powerful earthquake in Qinghai province

Russia on Tuesday told its military to protect ethnic Russians in Kyrgyzstan as the country's new interim leaders endeavoured to restore order after a violent uprising that toppled the president.

The first flights in northern Europe have taken off after five days of inactivity caused by the spread of volcanic ash from Iceland.

The death toll from last week's 6.9-magnitude earthquake in northwest China has risen to 2,039, state media said late April 19.