Scotland Yard believes it has successfully identified a potential terrorist attack on the British Parliament's House of Commons being planned by al-Qa'ida.
Pope Benedict has ended his first trip abroad, during which he celebrated World Youth Day. He also visited a synagogue, and reached out to Muslims and members of other Christian Churches.
Uzbek officials have formally terminated an agreement allowing the United States to use an air base in southeastern Uzbekistan, ending a nearly four-year-old deal under which the United States was able to provide support for U.S. operations in Afghanistan.
The Moscow District Prosecutor's Office is investigating Russian Jewry on charges of racist incitement and distribution of anti-Russian material for having published an abridged translation of a 16th Century Hebrew text on Jewish law.
French President Jacques Chirac vowed Tuesday his reshuffled government will respond to French concerns, two days after voters rejected the European constitution in a referendum.
President Jacques Chirac of France has accepted the resignation of prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and has named Dominique de Villepin in his place.