President Bush and other leaders on Tuesday at the G-8 meeting, where they endorsed the idea of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050.

In an increasingly divided Arab world, the Qataris have fashioned a reputation as independent arbitrators.

Max Mosley outside a London court on Tuesday.

India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, said his administration is close to finalizing a pact that would allow India access to nuclear fuel and technology on the world market.

Smog in Beijing on Tuesday. Olympic officials are concerned about air quality for the Games.

China’s ambassador to France warned of “serious consequences” for Chinese-French relations if the French president meets with the Dalai Lama next month.

The accord will allow the Pentagon to deploy part of its missile shield on territory once occupied by Soviet troops.

Blaming Israel and backed by Hezbollah, some experts see Iran’s interest in the issue as a way of matching Israel on missing persons.

As Japan hosts leaders of the so-called Group of Eight, it has deployed one of the heaviest security operations in the group’s history.

The vice president’s office pushed for major deletions in congressional testimony on climate change, a former E.P.A. official said.

James A. Baker III, left, and Warren Christopher at a news conference on Tuesday in Washington.

The Iraqi national security adviser said the government would reject any security agreement that did not include a schedule for the departure of foreign troops.

A senior Iranian official said that Tehran would respond to any military attack by striking Israel and America’s vital interests.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador, said that President Robert Mugabe and his ruling circle needed more than carrots to convince them to yield.

The U.S. and other regional powers will resume talks with North Korea this week on ending its nuclear weapons programs, a South Korean envoy said.

A scene from “Gomorrah,” winner of the grand prix at Cannes.

Ted Widmer

Demonstrators protested the government’s effort to win parliamentary approval for measures that they say were tailor-made to help Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sidestep legal troubles.

The former leader of MI5 told Parliament that a government plan to increase how long extremism suspects may be detained without charge to 42 days from 28 was unworkable.

The Communist parties that have been part of Manmohan Singh’s parliamentary majority said they were withdrawing support because of the proposed nuclear deal with the U.S.

Thousands of domestic workers in Saudi Arabia endure beatings, starvation and other abuses, a Human Rights Watch report said.

Farmers angry at President Alan García’s free-trade policies began a two-day strike, snarling traffic and closing rail service to the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu.

Mayor Marcelo Ebrard of Mexico City sought to defuse an escalating crisis over a botched police raid on a nightclub by accepting the resignation of the city’s police chief.

The Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, is a holiday that the Russian government set up in its latest attempt to halt population loss in the country.