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FRESNO, California (Reuters) - Republican John McCain said on Monday if elected he would propose awarding a $300 million prize to the auto company that develops a next-generation car battery that weans America off oil.

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors on Monday examined an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.

QUITO (Reuters) - The head of the assembly rewriting Ecuador's constitution offered to resign on Monday, exposing a rift in the leftist government as it seeks to overhaul institutions to bolster the president's power.

PENSACOLA, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's race will complicate his White House bid, Americans say in both interviews and a poll showing that nearly a third of them acknowledge feeling racial prejudice.

DALLAS (Reuters) - American evangelicals remain more Republican than Democratic but are not locked tightly in the embrace of either party, according to a new survey released on Monday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods, landslides and hail in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan have killed 35 people, state media said on Monday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states agreed on Monday to impose new sanctions against Iran, including an asset freeze on its biggest bank, over its refusal to meet demands to curb its nuclear program.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday from contesting a by-election for a seat in the National Assembly later this week, deepening political uncertainty in the country.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pledged to maintain law and order throughout Iraq on Monday, days after a crackdown in Amara wrested control of the southern city from the hands of Shi'ite militias.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia has reported the Serbian government to the United Nations Security Council for failing to cooperate in the case of former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday welcomed Saudi Arabia's pledge to increase oil output but sought to dampen any expectations that the move would do much to ease record U.S. gasoline prices.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in Berlin on Tuesday to try to move peace talks forward, Palestinian and Israeli officials said on Monday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy put himself forward on Monday as a possible Middle East peace broker, offering in a speech to Israel's parliament to help reach agreement and mobilize French troops if necessary.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama offered new steps on Sunday to crack down on speculation in oil markets, saying his plan would help rein in runaway fuel costs.

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition troops killed some 55 Taliban insurgents who ambushed them in southeastern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistan border, the U.S. military said on Monday.

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors headed on Monday for an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it was encouraged by common points between its and world powers' separate proposals aimed at defusing a nuclear dispute, but again dismissed any suggestion of suspending uranium enrichment.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will declare on Monday that a free and fair run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe would be impossible due to violence and restrictions on the opposition, diplomats said.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops deployed in Lebanon's second largest city on Monday, bringing calm after two days of sectarian fighting that has killed at least nine and dented a deal to restore political stability.

LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected pro-Taliban Militants kidnapped 17 Pakistani policemen from posts on the road through the Khyber Pass, the latest insecurity on the vital supply route for Western forces in Afghanistan.