The family of murdered Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya have demanded an inquiry into media leaks they say risk scuppering efforts to prosecute her killers.
Nine people were killed when a helicopter carrying employees of oil firm Gazprom Neft crashed in Russia's far north.
The number of civilians killed in Iraq fell in June despite a few big bombings, keeping violence levels at around four-year lows.
Iraq is suing dozens of companies for more than $10 billion, saying they paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government under the UN's oil-for-food program.
NATO troops in Afghanistan and Pakistani soldiers have killed a number of militants, in a rare show of crossborder military cooperation.
Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region says it is sealing itself off from Georgian-controlled territory after a series of explosions that it blames on Tbilisi.
An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian businessman to death on charges of spying on its disputed nuclear program and its military for Israel.
U.S.-led coalition troops killed 28 Taliban insurgents in southwestern Afghanistan, but reports say six to eight civilians were also killed.
Iraq's Oil Ministry has unveiled six oil field areas open to foreign firms for long-term development contracts.
