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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have cut Medicare reimbursements to insurers and blocked a scheduled pay cut for doctors who treat patients under the government's health program for the elderly.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon was in America's vital interests and vowed to use all tools to pressure Tehran.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain criticized the flagging U.S. war effort in Afghanistan on Tuesday and vowed to repair it if elected, starting with sending more U.S. and NATO troops.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Scorned for decades after independence, invaded by U.S. Marines and subject frequently to the whims of Washington politicians, Haiti has endured a difficult history with the United States.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday called for hearings on the Bush administration's proposal to shore up mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a move that could slow down congressional action on a housing rescue package.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel will consider legislation this week that would expand economic and trade sanctions against Iran days after Tehran test-fired missiles it said could reach U.S. assets in the region.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United Nations urged hundreds of staff to stay at home on Tuesday as crowds of Sudanese protested against war crimes charges leveled against their president by an international prosecutor.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday the United States was looking at imposing more sanctions against Zimbabwe's government after a U.N. resolution was torpedoed by Russia and China last week.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the General Motors Corp restructuring was a "sober reminder" of the U.S. economy's difficulties.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Tuesday asked a court not to withdraw restrictions on disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan because he risked implicating the state in nuclear proliferation, a government lawyer said.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has told big powers it will enter no more "condescending" talks meant to scrap its nuclear program but wants to negotiate a broader peace and security deal, according to an Iranian letter leaked on Tuesday.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Christian community on Tuesday rejected President Robert Mugabe's re-election last month as marred by violence and intimidation and said it would support a government of national unity.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has suspended a series of meetings with Pakistan because of what it called the "violent policies" of the Pakistani army and intelligence agencies and their suspected involvement in a string of attacks.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will robustly defend its interests abroad, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday in a speech that made clear he would not soften the assertive policies that irked the West under his predecessor.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday a "single-minded" focus on Iraq was distracting the United States from other threats and he renewed his vow to end the war.

FARNBOROUGH (Reuters) - Overseas sales of the U.S. Army's core missile defense system appear set to boom, spurred by tensions surrounding Iran, North Korea and other regional disputes.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group were set to swap prisoners on Wednesday two years after the two sides fought a month-long war.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The killing and kidnapping of aid workers in Somalia threatens to wreck all attempts to resolve a humanitarian disaster that could soon rival its famine in the early 1990s, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China expressed "grave concern and misgivings" on Tuesday over the decision of the International Criminal Court to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan's president on charges of genocide in the region of Darfur.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia and East Timor expressed deep regret on Tuesday for violence surrounding Dili's 1999 independence vote after a joint probe blamed state institutions for "gross human rights violations".