A senior Pakistani politician survives an attempt on his life after gunmen fire at him in the city of Rawalpindi.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs.

Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.

Opposition politicians in Sri Lanka begin talks to decide what to do following the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate.

An activist who questioned why so many people died in a huge earthquake in China last year is jailed five years for subversion.

Toyota recalls thousands of Prius hybrid cars in Japan because of braking problems, as it tries to limit damage from a stream of problems.

Ukraine is waiting for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to either contest results from Sunday's presidential election, or resign.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for a healthcare summit including both his fellow Democrats and Republicans sets the stage for a final push to get stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.

The campaign for presidential and senatorial candidates begins in the Philippines ahead of May's elections.

Toyota's president apologized profusely Tuesday, as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker's 2010 hybrid models, including the popular Prius, for problems in their anti-lock braking systems.

The family of a Haitian man says he has survived four weeks under rubble since the devastating quake hit of 12 January.

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead, three Taliban sources said Tuesday.

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp was preparing a global recall of its new Prius model on Monday, further damaging its reputation for quality and reliability on the heels of two other massive recalls.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal government agencies in the capital region will remain closed for a second day on Tuesday as residents brace for another blizzard while trying to clean up from a weekend storm that paralyzed the area with two feet of snow.

A quantum physics trick is set to give smartphones and hand-held devices pressure-sensitive switches and touchscreens.

Californian scientists think they may have discovered the part of the brain which makes people fear losing money.

A US soldier is arrested after allegedly waterboarding his four-year-old daughter for not reciting the alphabet, say Washington state police.

The fault which caused a plane to crash land at Heathrow Airport in January 2008 was "unrecognised", a report says.