US Colin Powell, who had major differences with hawkish members of President George W. Bush's administration over Iraq, has resigned as US Secretary of State. Bush accepted the resignation. US The White House said it would announce the resignations of four members of Bush's cabinet later Monday but declined to name them. Mideast The new Palestinian leadership was set to host outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell next week as it grappled to prevent security from unravelling amid the battle to succeed Yasser Arafat. Iraq Warplanes bombed rebel targets in the restive city of Baquba as violence raged across Iraq, despite a major assault on Fallujah where US-led forces tried to crush rebels prepared to fight to the death. Iran Iran's top national security official said it would suspend its sensitive uranium enrichment-related activities from November 22, under the terms of a deal signed with Britain, France and Germany. Iran The UN atomic agency said in a report it had no proof so far of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons program but could not yet conclude definitively that there was no covert activity. Serbia-Kosovo Three ethnic Albanians went on trial in an unprecedented case at the UN war crimes court, charged with murder, torture and inhuman acts against Serb and Albanian civilians in Kosovo in 1998. France In an affair described as France's Watergate, 12 former government officials and senior police officers went on trial for running a phone-tapping operation used by then-president Francois Mitterrand to keep tabs on his enemies. Nigeria The Nigerian government made an 11th-hour bid to avert a general strike, ordering a temporary increase in fuel subsidies and an immediate cut in pump prices on the eve of a threatened nationwide protest. Macedonia Macedonian Prime Minister Hari Kostov submitted his resignation to parliament, citing policy disputes and a lack of teamwork within the ruling coalition in the former Yugoslav republic. Namibia With some delays due to a computer glitch, voting got under way in Namibia to elect a successor to President Sam Nujoma, who has ruled the vast southern African country since independence 14 years ago. South Korea South Korea's police detained about 150 public sector workers for taking part in an unprecedented illegal strike against a controversial labor reform bill.