Iraq Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi judge and his son who both worked for a tribunal set up to try ousted president Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants, court sources said. Iraq Ten people were killed and dozens wounded when suicide car bombers attacked an Iraqi army base and a checkpoint in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and hospital officials said. Mideast Jordanian Foreign Minister Hani Mulki is to visit Israel on Saturday on the first such trip in four years, officials said. DRCongo More than 50 militia members were killed during a large United Nations operation in Ituri, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN mission said in the capital Kinshasa. Iran Iran is refusing to cooperate in key areas with UN experts investigating possible atomic weapons work, including blocking a follow-up visit to a military facility where Washington charges Tehran is simulating testing of nuclear weapons, the UN's nuclear watchdog agency said. US The US Supreme Court abolished the death penalty for those convicted of crimes committed as minors, removing the United States from a short list of countries allowing the practice. HongKong Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa looked set to resign, cutting short a turbulent eight-year tenure overshadowed by economic recession, policy gaffes and unease over China's intereference. NKorea China's top envoy began a three-day visit to South Korea in the latest round of diplomacy aimed at bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks. US American adventurer Steve Fossett was remarkably alert and chipper as he soared over India on the second sleepless day of his attempt to make the first solo, non-stop flight around the world without refueling, organizers said.