An unidentified gunman killed a well-known Russian Orthodox priest and wounded another clergyman in a church in southern Moscow.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 00:56 GMT

Two astronauts from U.S. shuttle Atlantis crew have completed the first spacewalk of their current mission to the International Space Station, NASA said on its website.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 01:36 GMT

Cuba has sharply criticized a recent report on human rights violations in the country prepared by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 02:23 GMT

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has offered Russia her country's participation in the ambitious Glonass global positioning project.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 03:39 GMT

A Russian icebreaker that had become stuck in the Antarctic ice, has finally managed to leave the heavy ice zone, a spokesman for Russia's Far Eastern shipping company said on Friday.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 04:32 GMT

Shareholders of AvtoVAZ, Russia's largest auto manufacturer, will meet on Friday to elect a new board of directors, as the company struggles amid mounting debt and low sales.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 05:56 GMT

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday morning while riding a motorcycle through a crowded area of Farah in southwest Afghanistan, killing at least six people, local police said.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 06:07 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama has congratulated Belgium's prime minister on his election as the European Union's new president.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 06:21 GMT

Heavy rain hit parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday as the Environment Agency warned of flooding in large parts of the country.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 07:11 GMT

A 20-year-old South Korean model has been found dead in her Paris apartment, her modeling agency said.

// Nov. 20, 2009 - 07:12 GMT