Three separate explosions Tuesday in Afghanistan have killed dozens of people. The bomb blasts took place in Kabul, the southern city of Kandahar and the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

Standard and Poor's on Monday warned eurozone countries that it may downgrade their credit ratings if they don't get their fiscal houses in order. Debt-ridden Italy is too big to fail, and too big to be bailed out by its EU partners. Its technocrat-in-chief Mario Monti hopes a new package of austerity measures will rein in debt and reassure the bond markets.

Official results are scheduled to be released Tuesday, after last week's disputed presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Partial results released so far show the incumbent in the lead. But opposition candidates are crying fraud and threatening to reject the outcome of the vote, raising fears that any protests could turn violent.

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has been attacking the U.S. for its missile defense plans in Europe. He even said Russia might reconsider the New START agreement, which limits strategic nuclear warhead deployments.