A suicide car bomb flattened a court building and an explosives-rigged ambulance blew down walls like dominos near the Finance Ministry during a wave of coordinated attacks Tuesday that targeted high-profile symbols of Iraqi authority. At least 127 people were killed. Read More

Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have killed more than 11,000 people in the past six years, many execution-style, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. Read More

A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days following a meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela. Read More

The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan and India as part of an inquiry into a Chicago man accused of plotting against a Danish newspaper and sizing up targets ahead of last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's financial capital. Read More

Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months. Read More

Organizers of the Mexican tour of the "Walking With Dinosaurs" show say someone has walked off with a robotic baby Plateosaurus. Read More

Amnesty International says Mexican soldiers have carried out torture and forced disappearances while fighting drug cartels. Read More

Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed and killed Honduras' top anti-drug official in the capital Tuesday, just two months before he planned to retire and move to Canada. Read More

All that was left were the walls and a lucky dog. Read More

The French ambassador was stopped and his diplomatic car was searched as troops loyal to Guinea's ruling junta continued a manhunt for the renegade soldier that shot and wounded the head of Guinea's military junta, an official said on Tuesday. Read More

Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Read More

U.S.-allied Arab governments in the Middle East are flouting human rights through violations including torture, extra-judicial killings and repressive laws, an Egyptian human rights group said Tuesday. Read More

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday praised Kenya's government for acting on reforms necessary to avoid a repeat of the bloodshed that followed the disputed 2007 president poll. Read More

Britain believed Iraq had dismantled its chemical and biological weapons in the run-up to the 2003 invasion but thought it was possible they could be reassembled, the former head of the country's Joint Intelligence Committee said Tuesday. Read More

Near-simultaneous grenade attacks on offices, businesses and gas stations in a northern Mexican state slightly injured three people, prosecutors said Tuesday. Read More

Iraq's presidential council on Tuesday again postponed nationwide parliamentary elections, setting March 7 as the date for the vote in what has become a seven-week delay likely to feed concerns about an increase in violence. Read More

Some of the deadliest militant attacks in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003: Read More

The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 119 revelers was suspended along with five subordinates Tuesday and authorities said inspection records for the club appear to have been falsified. Read More

Talks on the relocation of a major American military base have been suspended, deepening a deadlock between the United States and Japan. Read More

Authorities arrested five men and one woman accused of tunneling their way to nearly $6 million over the weekend while Brazil was gripped with football fever, but detectives recovered only a tiny fraction of the stolen cash, police said Tuesday. Read More