Honduran police say two gunmen riding motorcycles have shot and killed the country's top anti-drug official. Read More

Kenyan police on Tuesday said they arrested a suspected weapons smuggler with up to 100,000 bullets and an assortment of guns, a huge cache in a country with stringent gun laws. Read More

Police say gunmen on motorcycles have killed Honduras' top anti-drug official. Read More

A police official says a 1-year-old child has died in Malawi following a series of earthquakes in the southern African country. Read More

Pope Benedict is praying at the foot of the Spanish Steps, keeping a tradition that rings in the Roman holiday season. Read More

Lawyers representing the last British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are in court seeking the release of documents relating to his treatment by American agents. Read More

COPENHAGEN (AP) _ This decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference. In some areas _ central Africa and southern Asia _ this will probably be the warmest year, but overall 2009 will "be about the fifth-warmest year on record," said Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization. Read More

A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near government sites. At least 118 were killed and hundreds wounded in the worst wave of violence in the capital in more than a month, authorities said. Read More

Iran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday and hard-liners on motorcycles harassed the top opposition leader at his office Tuesday, signs of a possible intensified crackdown after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months. Read More

Iraq's presidential council on Tuesday set March 6 as the date for nationwide parliamentary elections, a seven-week postponement likely to feed concerns about an increase in violence. Read More

The FBI is sending a team to Pakistan as part of an investigation into links with a Chicago terror suspect, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday. The announcement came a day after the probe expanded to include a retired Pakistani army officer _ highlighting long-held fears of Pakistan's central role in global extremism. Read More

European Union foreign ministers called Tuesday for the resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians and urged them to make Jerusalem the shared capital of two nations. Read More

Brazil's presidential spokesman has reiterated that the country does not plan to recognize the incoming Honduran administration and denied that Brazil's president and chief of staff have made contradictory statements about the Central American nation's elections. Read More

A former member of the Nazi SS being tried for murder admitted in court Tuesday that he killed three Dutch civilians during World War II, but insisted he was following orders. 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

Russia and the United States expect to strike a new nuclear arms treaty this month, a senior Kremlin aide told Russian news agencies Tuesday. Read More

The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 118 revelers was fired Tuesday and authorities said fire records for the club appear to have been falsified. Read More

A woman whose husband and daughter were killed in the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai says she is grateful U.S. authorities brought charges against a Chicago man accused of conducting extensive surveillance on potential targets. Read More

The Palestinians on Tuesday announced a boycott of Israeli products made in the West Bank, stepping up their campaign against Israeli settlements. Read More

President Barack Obama's envoy began a rare trip to North Korea Tuesday for the highest-level talks with the communist country in more than a year. A senior U.S. official warned of strong sanctions against Pyongyang unless it rejoins international nuclear talks. Read More