JERUSALEM, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The lack of progress in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority could plunge the region into an abyss, Jordan's King Abdullah II warned.
MIAMI, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A weakened Hurricane Ida slogged across the Gulf of Mexico Monday, as hurricane warnings were posted from Mississippi to Florida, weather officials said.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- American choreographer Mark Morris and his dance troupe plan a series of six performances at the Tel Aviv Opera House, officials said.
JERUSALEM, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Palestinians demonstrated Monday urging President Mahmoud Abbas to remain in office days after he announced his intention to resign, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Anti-abortion groups, buoyed by action in the House, are ready to pressure U.S. senators to do the same when they take up healthcare reform, both sides said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington Monday to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama on restarting the peace process.
TOKYO, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Japan's Transportation Ministry expects to have a package ready by this week to rescue troubled Japan Airlines, Minister Seiji Maehara said.
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NASHVILLE, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The Indiana Supreme Court said it will rule on whether to review a Tennessee woman's allegation a casino had a duty to stop her from losing about $1 million.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- People identified as "heavy users" of flowers rated "emotion conditioning" as more important than "showing care to others," researchers in Taiwan found.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Militants struck Pakistan's Peshawar area again Monday when a suicide bomb attack at a police checkpoint killed at least three people, police said.
BOSTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Many education officials base decisions on when to close schools for flu on politics or fear rather than data, U.S. and Japanese researchers say.
JAKARTA, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- A 6.7 magnitude earthquake early Monday struck eastern Indonesia, killing at least two people and toppling several homes, local residents said.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Kobe Bryant scored 28 points despite sitting out much of the second half Sunday in the Los Angeles Lakers' 104-88 win over New Orleans.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Tony Romo hit Miles Austin with a 49-yard fourth-quarter touchdown pass Sunday and the Dallas Cowboys beat Philadelphia 20-16.
JIM THORPE, Pa., Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Family members of 1912 Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe said they plan to sue for the return of his remains from a Pennsylvania town named in his honor.