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KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's ousted King Gyanendra will leave his official palace and move to one of his former residences on Wednesday, an aide said, two weeks after the abolition of the monarchy.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A senior Syrian official said on Tuesday no direct negotiations will be held with Israel until it recognizes what Damascus regards as requirements for a deal.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese soldiers and rebels said on Tuesday they had clashed in a remote territory of Darfur over the weekend.

BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union sought on Tuesday to turn up the pressure on Iran to drop its nuclear enrichment program by saying they were ready to go beyond a latest round of U.N. sanctions.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The cyclone that devastated Myanmar last month forced many tuberculosis sufferers to stop their treatment, triggering fears of drug-resistant strains spreading, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

ROME (Reuters) - China on Tuesday called on the Dalai Lama and his supporters to halt Tibet protests and attempts to "ruin the Olympics," in order to create the conditions for future roundtable talks.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan cabinet minister and assistant minister died on Tuesday along with two others when their light plane crashed near the Masai Mara game reserve, officials said.

AWJA, Iraq (Reuters) - The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe was killed by a bomb planted on his vehicle north of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted against taking up a new energy package that would revoke $17 billion in tax breaks extended to big oil companies like Exxon Mobil Corp and slap a 25 percent windfall profits tax on firms that don't invest in new energy sources.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is not to blame for a beef deal that has triggered widespread protests in South Korea and caused President Lee Myung-bak's popularity to plummet, a top U.S. official said on Tuesday.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Some Southern Baptists feel they have no choice but to vote for a "liberal" in the November U.S. presidential election: presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the Constitutional Court must explain its decision to overturn a government-led reform allowing students to wear Muslim headscarves at university.

PARIS (Reuters) - Donor states, military powers and regional players will be seeking a more effective strategy for Afghanistan's development and security as well as pledging funds at a conference in Paris on Thursday.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Hundreds of Tibetan exiles scuffled with Nepali police on Tuesday during an anti-China rally in the streets of Kathmandu before 239 refugees were detained, police and witnesses said.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Over two-thirds of the detainees in the Guantanamo Bay prison are suffering from or at risk of mental problems because they are kept isolated in small cells with little light or fresh air, according to Human Rights Watch.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Middle East this weekend facing the reality that political turmoil in Israel and the Bush administration's dwindling time may dash hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal this year.

A year after Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip, Abu Hafss is waiting impatiently to see a sword remove the hand of a thief or a woman stoned to death for adultery.

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai rejected calls on Tuesday for a national unity government instead of a presidential runoff vote and said his party was sure to win the election despite government violence.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House candidate John McCain will promise on Tuesday to lower corporate tax rates if he wins the U.S. presidency and ease the tax burden on middle-class workers to help revive the faltering economy.

MADRID (Reuters) - Protesters marched in India, Hong Kong and Nepal over soaring oil prices on Tuesday and Spaniards stockpiled fuel and food, fearing shortages because of a truck drivers' strike that has halted deliveries.