The head of the Gedzhukh village administration in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Daghestan has been shot dead near his house, a local police spokesman said on Thursday.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 05:01 GMT
A passenger plane crashed on Wednesday in northwest Iran killing all 168 people on board.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 05:03 GMT
The interim government in Honduras imposed an overnight curfew after allies of the deposed president Manuel Zelaya pledged to hold new demonstrations.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 05:24 GMT
The Endeavour space shuttle has been launched to the International Space Station after a month's delay, carrying seven astronauts.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 05:58 GMT
The White House has expressed sadness over the abduction and murder of Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova in the North Caucasus, and called on the Russian government to bring the killers to justice.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 06:27 GMT
The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Robert Redford gets married, “Bruno” banned in Ukraine, and Harry Potter breaks midnight-opening record.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 06:30 GMT
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 06:33 GMT
After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit on Wednesday on a flight to the International Space Station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous lab and looking to set a crowd record.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 06:37 GMT
Rescuers have found two of three flight recorders from a passenger plane that crashed in northern Iran on Wednesday, killing all 168 people on board.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 07:21 GMT
The Russian-made Tupolev airliner was en route from Tehran to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, when it crashed 16 minutes after takeoff, on a farm in the province of Qazvin, some 200 km (124 miles) from the Iranian capital, killing 168 people.
// Jul. 16, 2009 - 07:29 GMT