The International Criminal Court acquitted Congolese ex-militia boss Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of war crimes Tuesday, ruling prosecutors had failed to prove his commanding role in the murder of 200 villagers in a 2003 attack using

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South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) re-elected President Jacob Zuma as its leader on Tuesday, setting him up for seven more years as head of state of Africa's biggest economy. Nelson Mandela's 100-year-old liberation

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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spewed lava and towering plumes of ash Tuesday but the alert level remains the same, seismic experts said. "During the overnight and early morning hours, there continued to be a series of

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A senior politician tipped as a future candidate for one of China's highest leadership posts has been named as the top official in the country's most populous province, state media said Tuesday. Hu Chunhua, 49,

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Nineteen people died of exposure in Ukraine in the last 24 hours amid temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit), bringing the toll this month to 37, the health ministry said Tuesday.

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President Barack Obama supports US Senator Dianne Feinstein's effort to craft legislation to reinstate an assault-weapons ban and would also back any law to close a loophole in gun-show sales, the White House said on

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Most children in Newtown returned to classes Tuesday for the first time since last week's massacre, but survivors of the shooting stayed at home and their school remained a crime scene. In a thin drizzle,

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A visit by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to Russia was scrapped at the last minute on Tuesday after the two sides failed to agree terms on Kiev's association with a Moscow-led trade bloc. Reported plans

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The southern portion of British Antarctic Territory has been named Queen Elizabeth Land in honour of the monarch's 60 years on the throne, London announced Tuesday. The announcement was made as Queen Elizabeth II attended

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged Tehran on Tuesday to use its leverage and "send a clear message" to Syria's embattled regime to stop the violence against its own people. "Instead of criticising the (Patriot

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