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Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed
The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation's history, pushing the death toll to 46.
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Pakistani troops kill 18 Islamist militants
Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar.
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Oil slips towards $77 as markets await data
Oil slipped towards $77 a barrel Tuesday as markets awaited data expected to show that the pace of U.S. economic recovery is slower than previously estimated.
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2 warlords plead innocent in Congo massacre trial
Two Congolese militia leaders sent child soldiers and other fighters to wipe out a village in a revenge attack that left more than 200 men, women and children dead, a prosecutor told judges Tuesday at the International Criminal Court.
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China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal
China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick.
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Google documents Iraqi museum treasures
Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.
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Bomb kills 6 family members in eastern Afghanistan
A remote-controlled bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and relatives said.
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Netanyahu: Prisoner swap not a done deal
Israel's prime minister is trying to temper expectations that a deal to free a long-held Israeli soldier is imminent.
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Yemen conflict inflaming Saudi-Iranian rivalry
For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry between the Middle East's two powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej dies
Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74.
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