Serbia argued to the World Court on Tuesday that Kosovo's declaration of independence was an unlawful challenge to the international legal order that tore at the very fabric of Serb national identity. Read More

Britain's foreign secretary says the sailors who may have inadvertently strayed into Iran's waters had "no evil intent." Read More

Eight days after the Philippines' worst political massacre, prosecutors on Tuesday charged the heir of a powerful clan who they say directed the slaughter of 57 people, more than half of them journalists. Read More

A teenage suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban lawmaker in his house in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday, showing the militant threat in the region remains months after a military push there was declared a success. Read More

British Foreign Secretary says "no evil intent" on behalf of sailors detained by Iran. Read More

The United Nations called Switzerland's ban on new minarets "clearly discriminatory" and deeply divisive, and the Swiss foreign minister acknowledged Tuesday the government was very concerned about how the vote would affect the country's image. Read More

Afghan President Hamid Kara and President Barack Obama discussed the new U.S. policy for Afghanistan during an hourlong videoconference call Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the presidential palace said. Read More

A defense lawyer for Amanda Knox, accused in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate in Italy, argued Tuesday that evidence in the case isn't sufficient to convict the American exchange student. Read More

Astronauts from Canada and Belgium and a Russian cosmonaut landed safely on the Kazakhstan steppes on Tuesday following a six-month stint on the International Space Station. Read More

China said Tuesday that more dialogue, not sanctions, is needed to resolve the issue of Iran's nuclear program. Read More

News reports say three separate anti-Mafia sweeps across southern Italy have netted some 100 detentions and euro240 million ($360 million) in seized assets. Read More

China voiced hope Tuesday that a rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week would result in Pyongyang returning to talks on dismantling its nuclear program. Read More

John Demjanjuk is heading back to court where prosecutors will lay out their case accusing him of being accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp. Read More

Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok that some residents are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers. Read More

Remains believed to be those of four American servicemen killed during the Vietnam War were loaded on a plane Tuesday and flown back to the United States for identification. Read More

A gunman opened fire on the house of a newspaper columnist critical of Pakistan's army and spy agencies in an attack the writer alleged on Tuesday was carried out by elements linked to the country's powerful security establishment. Read More

Iran's announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.'s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Nonetheless, the defiance is fueling calls among Western allies for new punitive sanctions to freeze Iran's nuclear program. Read More

A Malaysian court Tuesday ordered Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial to start next month, rejecting the opposition leader's bid to scrap a case that he claims is meant to halt his political resurgence. Read More

They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen. Read More

A 38-year-old former Miss Argentina has died from complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. Read More