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Russia says it will expel four British diplomats, answering Britain's decision to eject four Russian diplomats amid a standoff over the poisoining of former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko. Many had expected Russia's response to the expulsion of its diplomats from London three days earlier to be far worse.

Iran's state-run TV airs interviews with two Iranian Americans held in Tehran on espionage charges, casting their words as proof of a U.S. effort to overthrown Iran's government. But do their remarks support that description?

As Russia's envoy to Britain says Moscow might respond in the next 48 hours to London's expulsion of four Russian diplomats, a U.K.-based billionaire tells the BBC that British police told him of a plot against his life three weeks ago.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the new push in the Middle East will not include talks with Hamas. Rice defends the Bush administration's decision to re-engage in the Middle East peace process, its support of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, its fight against al-Qaida and its strategy in Iraq.

Diplomats meet in Beijing to lay out the next steps toward the goal of North Korea's full nuclear disarmament. The meeting follows the shutdown over the weekend of North Korea's main nuclear facility.

Senate Democrats are using debate on the annual defense policy bill to push for changes to U.S. policy 0n Iraq. Here, an overview of amendments to watch.

The museum community is asking whether museums should be used to promote foreign policy in response to a new initiative funded by the State Department. The program lets U.S. and non-U.S. museums apply for grants for exhibitions that would strengthen international connections.

North Korea is ready to start dismantling its nuclear programs following the shutdown of its sole operating reactor, a North Korean diplomat said Sunday, as long as the United States lifts all sanctions against the communist nation.

Sunni insurgents in Iraq are getting their messages out to the wider Arab world by issuing daily press releases and video clips through the Internet, according to a report by the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. According to the report, "an alternative, no matter how lavishly funded and cleverly produced, will not eliminate this demand."

President Bush missed an opportunity by failing to implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, panel co-chairman Lee Hamilton says. Some recommendations could still be implemented, but a "substantial" number of U.S. troops will remain in Iraq for an extended period, Hamilton says.