Main news of July 17

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

WORLD

* A senior aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Jan Mohammad Khan, and deputy of the lower chamber of the Afghan parliament Hasham Atanwal have been killed in the Kapisa province

* More than seven Palestinians, including children, were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, local health officials said

* A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Aleutian Island region of Alaska late on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said

RUSSIA

* Operations to lift sunken Bulgaria cruise ship will be postponed as one of the lift ropes broke

* Rescuers brought to the surface the first miner trapped underground as a result of a landslide that occurred at a coal mine in Russia's republic of Komi

SPORTS

* Russia's Natalya Ishchenko won the gold medal in the Technical Solo synchronized swimming event at the 2011 Swimming World Championships in Shanghai, China