WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Trace the microscopic bumps and ridges that are burned and scraped into a criminal's discharged ammunition and you may have the key to unlocking a series of vio
TOKYO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended lower Monday in shortened trading session ahead of the long New Year holiday, pressured by weakness in high techn
PARIS, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- It is not difficult to see why the United States has championed the eastern enlargement of both NATO and the E.U.: in one fell swoop, both blocs are set to become noticeably more pro-American.
Through over half a century of Nazism and Communism, many ce
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- In successive weeks in December, the International Labor Organization's World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization had a National Dialogue in New
JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- An Indonesian court Monday sentenced an American and a Briton to four- and five-month terms in prison, respectively, for having violated their tourist visas by contacting separatist rebels in the troubled province of Aceh.
JAKARTA, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- An Indonesian court on Monday gave prison terms to two foreign nationals for contacting separatists in the province of Aceh. An American nurse and a British woman received four-month and five-month terms, respectively, for violating their tourist visas.
SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Three doctors identified as U.S. nationals were shot dead in Yemen at an American-funded hospital, CNN has reported. Another physician was wounded in the incident about 120 miles south of the capital, Sanaa, it said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A powerful explosion ripped through a region in Syrian-controlled eastern Lebanon where pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrillas maintain posts, according to radio and security reports Sunday. The explosion was reported around Janta, near the ancient city of Baal
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A powerful explosion ripped through a region in Syrian-controlled eastern Lebanon where pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrillas maintain posts, according to radio and security reports Sunday. The explosion was reported around Janta, near the ancient city of Baal
GROZNY, Russia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Medical personnel were winding down their rescue efforts at the burned out government building in the Chechen capital Sunday, having apparently recovered all th
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The National Rainbow Coalition decisively overcame the party of longtime Kenyan ruler Daniel arap Moi, from the presidency won by economist Mwai Kibaki to the P
NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The National Rainbow Coalition decisively overcame the party of longtime Kenyan ruler Daniel arap Moi, near-final vote counts showed Sunday. The coalition claim
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The coming year will be defined by the adequacy of American power. The challenges to the lonely superpower will not simply be military.
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A senior Cypriot government official Saturday expressed his country's readiness to let Iraqi scientists come over for questioning by U.N. weapons inspectors, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The U.N. Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission has s
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A senior Cypriot government official Saturday expressed his country's readiness to let Iraqi scientists come over for questioning by U.N. weapons inspectors, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The U.N. Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission has s
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The primary focus of this column has been on the potential among English-speaking nations for what I have termed a "Network Commonwealth" -- a set of cooperativ
GAZA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Egypt is planning to host a comprehensive dialogue among Palestinian national and Islamic groups in early January, the Palestinian Authority's planning minister announced Saturday. Nabil Shaath told reporters the gathering's purpose would be "to reach a c
GAZA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Egypt is planning to host a comprehensive dialogue among Palestinian national and Islamic groups in early January, the Palestinian Authority's planning minister announced Saturday. Nabil Shaath said the dialogue's purpose is "to reach a common working pro
Iraq has given international weapons inspectors a list of scientists involved in its weapons programs, the U.N. team spokesman announced Saturday in the Iraqi c
Model Amber Rose and rapper Wiz Khalifa arrive at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 20, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen.............
