TEHRAN - Officials with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency begin a second round of talks Monday with Iranian officials over the country's nuclear program, a day after Tehran cut off crude exports to British and French companies in retaliation for a new round of sanctions imposed on the regime.

JOHANNESBURG - Mandla Mandela’s estranged wife has won her court bid to force him to reveal whether or not he sold the rights to his grandfather’s funeral.

KAMPALA - Two cabinet ministers in Uganda at the centre of a corruption scandal have resigned.

TRIPOLI - Armed militias are threatening the security and stability of Libya, Amnesty International has warned.

DAMASCUS - The failure of the UN security council to take action has emboldened Syria to make an "all out assault" on opponents, the UN's human rights chief says.