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• Conservative donors slow to back Romney's campaign
  Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney and his party raised a sizable $40 million last month from donors who want him to replace President Barack Obama. But even as Romney solidifies his position as the eventual GOP nominee, many supporters who backed his primary election challengers have not yet come to his aid.
• APNewsBreak: 22 states join campaign finance fight
  Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.
• Party leaders refuse to budge on debt positions
  Republicans and Democrats are refusing to budge when it comes to their already hardened positions on spending cuts versus tax increases to deal with the nation's debt.
• U.N. nuclear chief begins talks with Iranian officials
  DUBAI (Reuters) - United Nations nuclear chief Yukiya Amano started talks with senior Iranian officials on Monday, Iranian media reported, on a one-day visit to Tehran that diplomats say could lead to an agreement for further inspections of Iranian nuclear sites. Hours after his pre-dawn arrival in Tehran, Amano met the head of Iran's nuclear energy organization, Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, ISNA news agency reported. No further details were immediately available on their discussions. ...
• At least 20 killed, 60 wounded in Sanaa suicide attack
  SANAA (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed and more than 60 wounded when a man in soldier's uniform blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a police source said. Yemen's minister of defense and chief of staff were present but were unhurt, a military source said. Yemen is home to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which the United States views as a major security threat, not only in the region but also on U.S. soil. ...
• Fight over oil revenues would harm Somalia peace prospects
  MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's embattled central government will not argue with semi-autonomous Puntland over potential oil revenues for fear of scuttling a fragile peace process, but a top official said on Monday the law made clear control lay with Mogadishu. Canadian firm Horn Petroleum, majority-owned by Vancouver-listed Africa Oil Corp., and its exploration partners started drilling in March in Puntland's Dharoor Block but have yet to announce any proven reserves. Africa Oil and joint venture partners Range Resource Ltd. (RRS. ...
• Analysis: China reformer sees his opportunity after Bo's fall
  SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most conspicuously reform-minded leaders has stepped back into the spotlight after the nation's biggest political convulsion in a generation, positioning himself to gain from the fall of populist politician Bo Xilai. Wang Yang, leader of Guangdong province and well known for his deft handling of recent civil unrest there, is the first of three provincial-level party bosses who stand to benefit after a murder scandal snuffed out Bo's career last month. ...
• Where Romney, Sen. Brown stand on various issues
  Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown publicly support each other and even share key advisers. But on many topics, from foreign policy to social issues, the Massachusetts Republicans take very different positions.
• Militant group claims suicide bombing in Syria
  DUBAI (Reuters) - A militant group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Syria last week that killed nine people and said attacks would continue, in a statement posted on the Internet on Monday. The al-Nusra Front said it was behind the attack on Saturday which targeted military installations in Deir al-Zor. The authenticity of the statement could not immediately be verified. ...
• Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections
  Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.
• Pakistan briefly bans Twitter access for "blasphemy"
  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan banned access to Twitter on Sunday because of "blasphemous" material, a Pakistani official said, but normal service was resumed after 12 hours. The government did not specify which users or messages had prompted the ban on the microblogging site or why it was allowed to operate again so quickly. Any representation of the Prophet Mohammad is deemed un-Islamic and blasphemous by many Muslims, who make up the overwhelming majority in Pakistan. ...
• At least 10 killed by suicide bomb in Yemen capital
  SANAA (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded in an attack by a suicide bomber on soldiers practicing for a military parade in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a police source said. The parade was scheduled for Tuesday to mark Yemen's national day and President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was due to attend. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Louise Ireland)
• Romney faced leadership test in Big Dig tragedy
  Mitt Romney was at his New Hampshire vacation home on a summer night in 2006 when 26 tons of concrete ceiling panels in one of Boston's Big Dig highway tunnels collapsed, crushing a car and killing a female passenger.
• Suicide bomber targets soldiers in Sanaa, several killed
  DUBAI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeted soldiers practicing for a military parade in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, killing several people, a police source said. The parade was scheduled for Tuesday, marking Yemen's national day, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was due to attend. (Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Louise Ireland)
• Factbox: Australia's Gillard back on knife-edge numbers
  CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's grip on power has been weakened over the past month after independent Speaker Peter Slipper stood aside due to a sexual harassment accusation, cutting her ability to command a majority In parliament. Gillard's government has also been weakened after her ruling Labor Party suspended one member of parliament, Craig Thomson, who is under investigation over his union expenses from before his time in parliament, although Thomson continues to vote with the government. ...