Rwanda said Tuesday it would not get involved in any potential transfer of DR Congo rebel Bosco Ntaganda to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after he surrendered to the US embassy.

Syria's main opposition National Coalition early Tuesday elected Ghassan Hitto, a former US-based IT executive with Islamist leanings, as prime minister for Syrian rebel-held territory.

A spate of attacks in Baghdad and central Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 50 people and left 171 wounded, security and medical officials said, updating an earlier toll.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Tuesday denounced as "unacceptable" air raids carried out by Syrian warplanes against targets inside Lebanese territory.

Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone provincial elections in two provinces that were scheduled for April 20 by up to six months over security concerns, the Iraqi premier's spokesman said.

Syria's government on Tuesday accused rebel forces of using chemical weapons, with state media saying "terrorists" had fired "rockets containing chemical materials" in Aleppo province, killing 15 people.

Attacks in Iraq on Tuesday killed 23 people on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion, which aimed to build a democratic ally in the heart of the region but instead sparked brutal unrest.

A regional party from southern India announced Tuesday that it was withdrawing from the national ruling coalition, weakening the government which was already a minority in parliament.

Cambodia's strongman premier Hun Sen on Tuesday denied accusations by rights campaigners that his government has obstructed progress in a landmark Khmer Rouge war crimes trial.

A spate of car bombs and shootings mostly in Shiite areas of Baghdad on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, officials said.

A regional party from southern India said Tuesday that it was withdrawing from the national ruling coalition, weakening the government which was already a minority in parliament, reports said.

A spate of car bombs and shootings mostly in Shiite areas of Baghdad on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, officials said.

Famous the world over for housing masses of foreign journalists during the US-led invasion of Iraq, the Palestine Hotel has since undergone a makeover and looks brand new. Now all it needs is customers.

The general who led Australian troops in the Iraq conflict said Tuesday big mistakes were made by the United States in the post-Saddam Hussein era as he voiced mixed feelings about the war.

US police said Monday they had likely foiled a bomb and gun attack at a Florida university, after an early morning incident that saw the mastermind of the plot apparently take his own life.

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is expected to stand trial on Tuesday on genocide charges, despite defense attempts to postpone the start of the historic proceedings.

A series of blasts targeting buses full of passengers in Nigeria's second city of Kano killed at least 20 people on Monday, but the toll was expected to rise, a rescue official and a security source told AFP.

Democratic Republic of Congo rebel Bosco Ntaganda, wanted by the International Criminal Court for a string of alleged atrocities, has surrendered to the US embassy in Kigali, US and Rwandan officials said Monday.

The head of Turkish intelligence, Hakan Fidan, is the driving force behind the state's clandestine peace talks with a jailed Kurdish rebel chief that aim to end a bloody three-decade insurgency.

The United States is struggling to track a fragmented Syrian opposition and has found it increasingly difficult to get a clear picture of rebel factions, the US military's top officer said Monday.