WASHINGTON , Oct. 10 (UPI) -- More than half of all terrorist groups' assets frozen by the U.S. Treasury Department are assets allegedly linked to al-Qaida.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A U.N. agency said Friday it was examining nearly 150 people who had contact with three people killed by a mysterious illness in Johannesburg, South Africa.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama revealed during Nickelodeon interviews that they have the same favorite Halloween costume: a pirate.
PODGORICA, Montenegro, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- International security authorities will host a workshop in Montenegro Monday aimed at combating networks that finance terrorism.
MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- An Iraqi lawmaker condemned the killings of members of the Christian community in the north of the country, calling it a move aimed at provoking division.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Minneapolis radio personalities Chris Baker and Langdon Perry have alleged that former NBA star Magic Johnson faked AIDS, a newspaper report said.
WINDSOR, Ontario, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A police official in Canada has been sentenced to six months of house arrest for stealing $425 from an undercover officer during a sting operation.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The United Nations has called on the international community to continue to strengthen the U.N. peacebuilding architecture.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.N. under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations is in the volatile Darfur region of Sudan to discuss the deteriorating security situation.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Alaskan lawmakers looking into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her office met behind closed doors Friday to question their investigator.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department has indicted two suspects from Colombia for alleged ties to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia terrorist organization.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Auditors for the United Nations said an escrow fund established for Iraq in the wake of the oil-for-food program declined by over 30 percent.
ERBIL, Iraq, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani Friday expressed his support for minority representation in the upcoming Iraqi provincial elections.
NAJAF, Iraq, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani Friday in Najaf to discuss the long-term security pact with the United States.
LONDON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Britain is at the low end of the ethics scale while the United States is at the top among English-speaking countries, an online survey indicates.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices fell below $80 per barrel Friday as slumping economies continued to push a bearish stance on stocks and commodities.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. company Decision Sciences Corp. has been contracted to test its Guardian MT system's effectiveness in detecting nuclear material.