RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 27 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Tuesday confirmed a U.S. team was taking part in investigating the May 12 bombings targeting Riyadh. Prince Saud al-Faisal also confirmed several foreign suspects were arrested, saying the terrorists whose bombs killed 34,
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 27 (UPI) -- Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said Tuesday a U.S. team was taking part in investigating the bombings targeting Riyadh earlier this month, and confirmed that a number of foreign suspects were arrested.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- An Iranian opposition group Tuesday urged the Bush administration to overthrow the regime in Tehran if it wants peace in the Middle East. The National Council of Resistance of Iran also offered to help bring about a change in Iran.
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market ended higher in post-holiday trading Tuesday, lifted by a rise in consumer confidence an
LONDON, May 27 (UPI) -- A British explorer who walked to the North Pole only to find himself stranded there by bad weather was rescued Tuesday barely 24 hours before the last of his fo
LONDON, May 27 (UPI) -- A British explorer who walked to the North Pole only to find himself stranded there by bad weather was rescued Tuesday. An airplane plucked Pen Hadow from the floating ice that had been his home for the past eight days, barely 24 hours before his food wou
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's new special representative for Iraq said Tuesday he intends to work closely with the Iraqi people. Sergio Vieira de Mello, currently high commissioner for human rights, said security and human rights are his top priorit
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- Any effort by Iran to interfere in Iraq will be "aggressively put down," warned U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in a speech at the Council of Foreign Rel
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Tuesday welcomed the Israeli government decision to accept the "road map" to peace in the Middle East. A spokesman said Annan expects the parties to begin swiftly to implement it "by taking parallel and reciprocal steps i
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Following are Tuesday's latest spot metal market prices. Prices do not necessarily represent prices at which transactions have actually occurred.
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Foreign Exchange interbank buyer rates and foreign currency equivalents. Retail transactions provide fewer units of foreign currency per dollar. Rates are based
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Following are selected foreign exchange interbank buyer rates at the close. Rates are based on $1 and $5 million transactions.
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Foreign and domestic gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices at the close Tuesday. Prices quoted in dollars per troy ounce.
