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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council may want to consider suspending any war crimes indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court, Russia's U.N. ambassador told reporters on Monday.

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men for his part in civilian massacres, was arrested on Monday, Serbian President Boris Tadic's office said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. diplomat may meet members of a Syrian group, possibly including a Syrian government adviser, who are on a private visit to Washington, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders will try on Tuesday to move forward legislation to crack down on excessive oil speculation, which many blame for inflating prices of crude oil and gasoline.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's campaign said on Monday a McCain opinion article about Iraq offered to The New York Times as a rebuttal to Democrat Barack Obama had been rejected.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Monday it had advised its embassies to limit the help they give visiting presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain so as to avoid violating U.S. law and policy.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Monday that the United States could never allow Iran to inflict a "second Holocaust" on the Jewish people, in comments aired on Israeli TV on the eve of a visit to Israel by his Democratic rival Barack Obama.

PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy secured one of France's biggest constitutional changes in 50 years on Monday when legislators passed a law he promised would reinforce the powers of the country's traditionally weak parliament.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government faces a tight vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday that will decide the fate of a civil nuclear cooperation deal with the United States and could trigger a snap election.

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka Tamil Tiger rebels said on Tuesday they would observe a unilateral ceasefire with the military to support the South Asian Regional summit.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday told leaders of Kosovo he would urge more countries to recognize the former Serbian province and he opposed partition of the newly-independent state.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - North Korea and its five negotiating partners must agree a clear process for verifying Pyongyang's declarations on its nuclear disarmament, top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush in 2002 branded Iraq, Iran and North Korea part of an "axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world" -- and he believes two of them still are, the White House said on Monday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government survived three no-confidence motions in parliament on Monday in a vote boycotted by a key member of his ruling coalition.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - A 6-month-old peace deal in eastern Congo is "meaningless" because it has failed to protect civilians against murder and rape, a leading human rights group said on Monday.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's lawmakers picked the country's first president on Monday, rejecting a candidate backed by former Maoist rebels in a move that could plunge the Himalayan nation's nascent republic into more political turmoil.

ARANYAPRATHET, Thailand (Reuters) - Talks between Thailand and Cambodia failed on Monday to end a week-long military stand-off over an ancient temple on their border, which regional neighbors feared could turn violent.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Iraq were unlikely to meet a July 31 deadline for completing a long-term security pact, but intensive negotiations were under way on an agreement that will help dictate the role of U.S. forces after year-end, the White House said on Monday.

COTONOU (Reuters) - The deposed separatist leader of the breakaway Comorian island of Anjouan arrived in the West African country of Benin at the weekend and said he wanted to stay as long as possible.

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's public prosecutor dropped the case on the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in the absence of any evidence on Monday, and cleared her parents and another Briton of suspicion of involvement.