Three Chinese ships in disputed waters: Japan
Tokyo. Three Chinese government ships entered waters around disputed islands controlled by Tokyo on Thursday, Japan's coastguard said.

Obama meets with Russian security official
Washington. President Barack Obama dropped in Wednesday on a White House meeting with the secretary of Russia's Security Council to discuss Syria and counter-terrorism cooperation, the White House said, AFP reports.

State companies have 6 months to choose banks
Sofia. The Corporate Commercial Bank, the Central Cooperative Bank, Investbank, UBB, UniCredit Bulbank, Raiffeisenbank are the financial institutions managing funds of state companies, 24 Chasa daily reveals.