Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted for alleged crimes against humanity had an early lead Wednesday in the presidential election with 40 percent of votes counted

Former Vice President Nicolás Maduro will take over as president of Venezuela until an election is held. But opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable will push for change.

(CNN) -- Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro met with the country's top officials Tuesday after the nation's information minister reported that the condition of President Hugo Chavez, fighting a battle with cancer, has worsened, state TV reported.

(CNN) -- A trial over one of Latin America's darkest moments is under way in Argentina, where 25 defendants are accused of crimes against humanity for their alleged role in a 1970s campaign of repression and violence.

KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two former Kabul Bank executives accused in a scheme that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars now face years in prison and massive fines.

(CNN) -- North Korea threatened Tuesday to nullify the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953, citing U.S.-led international moves to impose new sanctions against it over its recent nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

(CNN) -- Iran is not cooperating, making it difficult for the UN's nuclear watchdog agency to provide "credible assurance" that the country doesn't possess undeclared nuclear material, the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said Monday.

Three suspected Islamic terrorists of Chechen origin were arrested in France this week in a joint French-Spanish operation, Spain's Interior Ministry said

Roman Catholic cardinals prepare to meet to discuss a timetable for picking the new pontiff.

BUENOS AIRES (CNN) -- Argentine lawmakers approved an agreement with Iran that will create a five-member commission to investigate the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center.