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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Israel on Tuesday not to undermine peace talks with the Palestinians after a report found it had nearly doubled Jewish settlement construction.

HARARE (Reuters) - Opposition parliamentarians jeered and booed Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as he reopened parliament on Tuesday in spite of their protests, but he said he was still hopeful for a power-sharing deal.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav barreled toward vulnerable Haiti on Tuesday and appeared set to become a "major" storm later in the week as it neared the Gulf of Mexico where the United States produces a large amount of oil and gas.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A blast hit a rally promoting autonomy for Pakistan's gas-rich Baluchistan province on Tuesday, wounding more than 20 people, while in the city of Peshawar shots were fired at U.S. consulate staff.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar on Tuesday, an official said.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Prospects for political stability in Pakistan faded on Tuesday, a day after a split in the ruling coalition, with a battle looming over who will become the next president of the nuclear-armed U.S. ally.

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - China missed an opportunity to show progress on human rights and religious freedom during the Olympic Games, the White House said on Monday, after eight Americans were deported for protesting.

DENVER (Reuters) - Linda Tucker is the sort of woman who is getting a lot of attention this week at the Democratic convention.

DENVER (Reuters) - Ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy, head of America's most fabled political family, offered a rousing tribute to Barack Obama on Monday in an emotional appearance that had many fellow Democrats near tears.

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican John McCain on Tuesday questioned rival Barack Obama's belief in American leadership in world affairs with two days to go before the Democratic senator accepts his party's nomination for U.S. president.

DENVER (Reuters) - An economic adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday that U.S. financial regulation needs modernizing, but hedged on how big a role to give the Federal Reserve.

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev convened security chiefs on Tuesday to consider a plea from parliament to recognize two separatist regions of Georgia as independent, a move Washington says would be unacceptable.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of royalist protesters stormed the compound of Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, a TV station and several ministries on Tuesday in a coordinated bid to unseat his elected seven-month-old coalition government.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras, long considered an ally of the United States in Central America, joined on Monday a Latin American pact that has been pushed by Venezuela as a way to contain U.S. influence in the region.

MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine air force transport plane crashed into the sea minutes after it took off and there were no survivors among the two pilots and seven crew members aboard, the air force said on Tuesday.

MOLINE, Illinois (Reuters) - Barack Obama promised on Monday to accept the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination with a "workman-like speech" offering policy details and not simply his trademark rhetoric.

DENVER (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton prepared for her highly anticipated turn in the spotlight at the Democratic convention on Tuesday, and in advance she urged supporters to help her put Barack Obama in the White House.

PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's best-known opposition politician, Anwar Ibrahim, scored a bigger than expected victory in a by-election on Tuesday, boosting his chances of becoming the country's next prime minister.

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - The White House on Monday pressed Russia not to recognize Georgia's rebel areas and said Vice President Dick Cheney, an staunch critic of Moscow, would visit the region to show U.S. support for former Soviet states.