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The Venezuelan president was in Cuba for surgery of what is suspected to be a recurrence of cancer.

By a 51-48 vote, the Senate set aside an effort to reverse the Obama administration's policy requiring most employers to provide health insurance plans that cover the cost of women's contraception methods.

Vladimir Putin has been the most powerful figure in Russia for 12 years and is expected to win the presidential election Sunday. But heading into the polls, many Russians are angry with what they see as recent electoral fraud and rampant corruption.

The Senate defeated the Blunt amendment, which would have let employers opt out of a mandate to pay for birth control coverage. Separately, a poll finds a majority of Americans support the mandate.

The controversial sheriff said he wasn't accusing President Obama of a crime, but the documents that prove he's American are questionable.

There's a battle taking place between various conservative factions in Iran as the country prepares for parliamentary elections on Friday. The candidates seeking broad changes have been barred from running, with many in jail or under house arrest.

But they also opposed a resolution that condemns "widespread and systematic" human rights violations in Syria.

Other demonstrations were planned nationwide to protest funding cuts to higher education.

A high school in Valencia, Spain, has become a flash point for Spaniards' anger over austerity measures. Police recently skirmished with protesters opposed to spending cuts that have left students packed 50 to a classroom.

T.J. Lane is accused of killing three students and wounding two others in the shooting Monday at Chardon High School. Prosecutor David Joyce has said the victims were selected at random and that Lane is someone "who's not well."