WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida has a "small presence" in the United States but there is no evidence of any active plans for attacks, USA Today reported Friday.
KELOWNA, British Columbia, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian wildfires have forced more than 3,500 residents of southern British Columbia to evacuate their homes for the second time in less than two weeks Friday.
THE HAGUE, Belgium, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A former prison camp commander has pleaded guilty to crimes against humanity, including torture, at the international tribunal at the Hague in Belgium.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A government advisory issued Thursday warns al-Qaida may be planning to hijack international airliners flying near or over the continental United States.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The FBI has reportedly issued a terrorist warning concerning the use of such common items as nicotine and potato-spawned salanine as mass poisoning agents.
DENVER, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Denver International Airport opened its new 16,000-foot-long, 200-foot-wide runway Thursday -- the longest commercial runway in North America.
TORONTO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The third man among 21 arrested recently in Canada as being suspected terrorists from Pakistan was ordered released on bail Thursday by immigration officials.
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A Danish citizen of Moroccan descent has been arrested on a ferry to Norway after taking suspicious photographs of possible terrorist targets.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Amsterdam airport baggage handlers have uncovered a shipment of 2,000 baboon noses in a suitcase, clear evidence of mass slaughter of that endangered species.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Catholic bishops Thursday defended mandatory celibacy for priests, even as more priests across the nation consider opposing the rule.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A federal judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the McDonald's Corp. of hiding the health risks of eating its popular Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets.
TOKYO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- An American man who lost the use of his legs in a car crash successfully "climbed" to the summit of Japan's highest peak, Mount Fuji, this week.
DENVER, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Colorado boasts about having the nation's most educated people but a new report shows the state drops the ball when sending its own to college.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- France and Germany rejected a U.S. plan Thursday that seeks greater international participation in Iraq, saying the proposal does not go far enough.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- An Israeli soldier was shot to death Thursday by Palestinian gunmen affiliated with Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction, the Jerusalem Post reported.
TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Iran's ambassador to London returned to Tehran amid tensions over Britain's arrest of a former Iranian diplomat, the Gulf Daily News reported Thursday.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Sudan, which has the highest incidence of female genital mutilation in the world, has made a commitment to ban the practice, a report said Thursday.
LONDON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Thursday the situation in Iraq is serious but insisted the British and U.S. coalition would not waver.
PARIS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Despite a high deficit, French income taxes will be reduced by 3 percent, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced Thursday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 4 (UPI) -- President George Bush unveiled a six-point economic recovery plan in Kansas City Thursday, noting job creation is lagging because of employer uncertainty.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- White supremacist Matt Hale told his father to lie to a Chicago federal grand jury, according to an indictment released Thursday.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Hundreds of irate Minnesota small businesses claim telemarketers called collect from New Mexico -- then billed them whether they got the call or not.
