Three family members were killed by a gunman in an apartment block in a upscale residential neighborhood of New York.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 02:47 GMT

Three family members were killed by a gunman in an apartment block in Manhattan's prestigious residential neighborhood

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 02:47 GMT

Spain will send 511 soldiers to Afghanistan in the near future, local media said, quoting the country's defense minister.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 03:45 GMT

A large fire, which broke out in an old residential house in the center of Moscow early on Friday, was successfully put out

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 04:17 GMT

An ombudsman is now to consider the delisting of terrorist suspects from the UN list of al-Qaeda and Taliban members as the Security Council adopted a resolution intended to bring 'fairness and transparency' to its anti-terrorism efforts.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 05:01 GMT

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) indentified more than 100 foreign agents operating in the Novosibirsk Region in 2009, the regional department said on Friday.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 06:01 GMT

At least seven people died on Friday and another 19 were injured when a bus fell into a ravine in Central China, Chinese Xinhua news agency reported.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 06:50 GMT

A Russian military cadet armed with an assault rifle briefly took four people hostage in the southwest Siberian city Omsk on Friday following an argument with his girlfriend, military officials said.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 07:56 GMT

Russia's Central Bank said Friday the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 4 trillion 246.4 billion rubles ($137.639 billion at the current exchange rate) as of December 14, up 91.7 billion rubles ($3 billion) in the week since December 7.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 07:59 GMT

At least seven people have been killed after a huge mudslide swept into the Peruvian city of Ayacucho on Wednesday, authorities said.

// Dec. 18, 2009 - 08:04 GMT