SANAA (Reuters) - Shi’ite rebels in Yemen are receiving financial support from abroad, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, strongly implying Iranian involvement in an armed rebellion that has flared up in recent weeks.

Analysis: Afghan presidential winner faces daunting game of catch-up after years of US neglect

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered a battle-hardened Russian general “to put in order” troubled Ingushetia, a day after a suicide bomb attack defied Moscow’s control of its restive southern flank.

NATO-led force will suspend offensive operations during Afghan elections.

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least eight people in a wave of violence two days before an election the Taliban has vowed to disrupt.

Former S. Korean President Kim Dae-jung, Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 85.

Pakistan captures Pakistani Taliban spokesman, dealing fresh blow to movement.

Whether and how to negotiate peace with the Taliban has become the one issue no candidate in the Afghan presidential election can avoid taking a stand on.

A Russian ship freed the Arctic Sea’s 15 crewmembers, arresting eight hijackers without firing a shot, Russia’s defense minister said on Tuesday.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refrained from initiating new housing projects in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, hoping to reach common ground with Washington, a government minister said on Tuesday.