Nepal's parties say they need more time before MPs debate a landmark move to drastically cut the king's powers. Read more…

Twelve people including four women are killed in central India in a landmine attack by suspected Maoists. Read more…

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas holds talks in Russia as he seeks financial aid for the Palestinian Authority. Read more…

Iraq's ex-leader Saddam Hussein refuses to enter a plea to murder and torture charges as his trial resumes. Read more…

The EU is preparing new measures to convince Iran to end nuclear enrichment, Javier Solana says. Read more…

Germany orders its foreign intelligence service not to spy on reporters amid claims it used journalists to trace leaks. Read more…

Thailand's Election Commission proposes that fresh elections are not held until 22 October, prolonging the political limbo. Read more…

Tuesday marks 40 years since the start of China's Cultural Revolution, which plunged the nation into turmoil. Read more…

Weakness in the US dollar overshadows global stock markets as investors sell exporters on earnings fears. Read more…

Former Enron bosses Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling stole from investors both for gain and egotism, their trial hears. Read more…

South Africa's governing party reinstates Jacob Zuma in his duties as deputy leader after his rape trial. Read more…

Somali-born Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali - a fierce critic of radical Islam - is pressed to quit over false asylum claims. Read more…

Ex-Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi is questioned by prosecutors over Serie A match-fixing claims. Read more…

England are denied by their own poor fielding and brave batting from Sri Lanka as the first Test ends in a draw. Read more…

Nigeria says it is investigating claims that MPs have been offered bribes to let the president seek re-election. Read more…

The US is to take Libya off a list of terrorism sponsors and restore full diplomatic ties after more than 25 years. Read more…

The US imposes a ban on arms sales to Venezuela, citing its lack of support for anti-terror efforts. Read more…

Darfur's smaller rebel groups get a new two week deadline to sign a peace deal with Khartoum. Read more…

Canada is reportedly planning to extend its 2,300 troops' mission in Afghanistan for two more years. Read more…

Order is restored in 70 Brazilian prisons after sparking violence in Sao Paulo which left inhabitants terrified. Read more…

AP - Taking issue with the International Committee of the Red Cross, the State Department said Friday the United States is not obliged under the Geneva conventions to give the committee access to all prisoners under U.S. jurisdiction. Read more…

AP - The Supreme Court said Monday it would not block a lesbian from seeking parental rights to a child she helped raise with her longtime partner. Read more…

AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been out of state all or part of 163 days since his inauguration in November 2003 — nearly one of every five days he's been in office. Read more…

AP - Chic Hecht, a Republican known as much for his verbal miscues as his upset victory in a U.S. Senate race over two decades ago, died of cancer Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 77. Read more…

AP - Pennsylvania voters Tuesday are expected to seal state Treasurer Bob Casey's nomination to run against conservative Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, and they may also show whether they are still mad at lawmakers for giving themselves a big pay raise in the middle of the night. Read more…