At least 11 people, including seven police officers and four drug smugglers, have been killed in a shootout in eastern Iran.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 00:21 GMT

At least 51 people have died in mudslides on Brazil's southeast coast over the past three days.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 01:04 GMT

A woman was killed and five people were injured when a 4x4 ran into a crowd during the opening stage of the off-road Dakar Rally near Argentina's capital.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 01:50 GMT

The Cambodia-flagged cargo ship with 24 Russians on board, which had been stranded in the Sea of Japan, arrived in Russia's Far East port of Vladivostok on Sunday.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 02:45 GMT

A safe containing jewelry worth 2 million euros ($2.86 million) has been stolen from a Milan flat of the widow of famous Italian fashion designer Nicola Trussardi.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 03:26 GMT

Some 20,000 people were left homeless by an earthquake which hit Tajikistan's mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan province.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 04:16 GMT

Britain and the U.S. have agreed to join forces in a fight against Islamist groups in Yemen.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 04:33 GMT

Police in Mexico have arrested a leader of a key drug gang, the local Universal newspaper has said.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 05:08 GMT

Colombian authorities have ordered the evacuation of 8,000 people, following the eruption of an active volcano in the country's southwest.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 07:10 GMT

RIA Novosti presents the ten most significant events of 2009 in the Russian economy.

// Jan. 03, 2010 - 07:29 GMT