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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament warned that current levels of cooperating with the U.N. nuclear watchdog were in jeopardy if major powers continue to "kick around" the country's disputed nuclear case, state radio said on Wednesday.

ROME (Reuters) - Italians have belatedly realized that Silvio Berlusconi's crackdown on illegal immigrants could deprive them of hundreds of thousands of foreigners who clean their homes and look after their children and elderly relatives.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc said on Wednesday it had suspended talks to rejoin the Shi'ite-led government after a disagreement with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over a cabinet post.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Britain's Defense Minister Des Browne endorsed peace talks between Pakistan and Taliban militants on Wednesday despite concerns from Afghanistan that the talks will allow the Taliban to regroup and launch more attacks.

HANOI (Reuters) - An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said on Wednesday, a day after Cambodia's air force retracted a report of a mysterious plane crash.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Wednesday that the world was facing an oil "shock" and would find there was no easy answer to price rises without coordinated global action.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's main coalition partner demanded on Wednesday he leave office over corruption allegations, dealing another blow to the unpopular leader in turmoil threatening to derail peace talks.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military will fly tents and blankets to China after Beijing asked for help following the devastating earthquake this month that killed more than 68,000 people, Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's political parties voted on Wednesday to abolish the Himalayan kingdom's 239-year-old Hindu monarchy, a key demand of Maoists after they ended a decade-long war against the government.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Ehud Barak may call on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down from office or temporarily suspend himself after the latest testimony in a bribery case, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy in nuclear negotiations with North Korea said he hoped talks in the Chinese capital on Wednesday would help bring "definitive progress" on a long-delayed disarmament agreement.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan charges in an explosive new book that President George W. Bush used propaganda to sell the Iraq war, prompting angry rebukes from current and former Bush aides.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan unveiled a package of steps to help boost growth in Africa on Wednesday, vowing to double its aid and business investment, as it seeks closer ties with the resource-rich continent.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian authorities are offering up to $2.7 million in bounty for the body of the founder and chief commander of the FARC rebels, who died after 40 years fighting the state, a top army official said on Tuesday.

BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below a swollen lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding, state media said on Wednesday.

PHOENIX (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday helped raise about $2.5 million for the man he hopes will succeed him, but did it in private amid questions about whether the unpopular president hurts John McCain's chances in the November election.

DENVER (Reuters) - Republican candidate John McCain edged further away from U.S. President George W. Bush on foreign policy on Tuesday even as he accepted Bush's help in raising much-needed campaign dollars for his White House bid.

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military has started to bury cyclone victims in communal graves, villagers said on Wednesday, as Western nations pledged to keep aid flowing despite anger at its detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Khadija Ahmad and her family are the only residents left in Dubai's old Bastakiya quarter, her house little changed since she arrived as a new bride more than 70 years ago.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's state Senate failed on Tuesday to pass a bill approving nearly $7 billion in bond financing for prison health-care facilities but its advocates plan to bring the legislation back for a vote on Thursday.