AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has asked the United Nations tribunal in The Hague to replace the judges who are overseeing the preparatory stage of his trial for charges including genocide.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected suicide bomber killed 23 people in the compound of a hospital in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as members of a religious minority were holding a protest, police said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies said on Tuesday that regular contacts with Russia were impossible until its troops had been fully withdrawn from Georgia, and said they were “seriously considering” the implications of Moscow’s actions.