President Barack Obama holds his second primetime news conference at 8 p.m. Tuesday and, much like the first, the economy will be center stage. Read more.MIDDLE EAST
Turkish president visits Iraq.
Saudi clerics want women banned from TV, media.
Israel's Netanyahu closer to forming government. Israeli Labor Party votes to join Netanyahu gov't.
Palestinian unity talks to resume in April.
ASIA
Scandals cloud succession in newly unsure Malaysia.
Fierce gun fight rages in Kashmir. More news here.
Human trafficking on the rise in Cambodia.
Afghan TV station falls under government crackdown.
Tibet protest sparked by row over flag: exiles.
AFRICA
South Africa peace event put off after Dalai Lama ban.
Zimbabwe cholera 'past its peak'.
Rwandan found guilty of murders.
UN: 1 million in Sudan won't get food aid from May.
US says 'under no obligation' to arrest Beshir.
EUROPE
Teenager charged with killing Northern Ireland policeman.
Kosovo, Serbia hurl charges at each other at U.N.
Czech leader loses vote of confidence.
Sweden says no to saving Saab.
AMERICAS
U.S. seeks expanded power to seize firms, more news here.
Obama set to unveil Mexico border drugs/guns plan.
Brawl over Obama budget brews in Congress.
In Peru, former leader's lengthy human rights trial nears end.
Mexico is not a failed state.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Plea bargain was weighed for Guantánamo detainee.
Opinions on tackling terrorism from The Times, The Telegraph, and The Australian.
Jihadis back from Pak, UK worried.
Britain: Al-Qaeda in decline.
Hezbollah: Narco-Islamism.
ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS
China calls for new reserve currency.
Is China dumping the dollar?
Global trade 'will shrink by 9%'.
Debt headache for China's leaders.