LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Severe Baltic winter weather swept Britain for a second day Monday, with three road accident deaths attributed to icy conditions on Christmas Day.
SHONAI, Japan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Rescue operations wound down at the derailment of a high-speed commuter train in Shonai, where officials said four people died and 32 others were injured.
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The search for a New Jersey police officer entered its second day Monday in the Hackensack River after he and a partner drove off an open drawbridge.
TOKYO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Japan can't normalize diplomatic relations with North Korea until the issue of North Korea abducting Japanese citizens is resolved, a top official has said. Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe told a Tokyo news conference Monday, "We have an unchanged basi
ZHONGSHAN, China, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A Christmas Day fire in a bar in the southern Chinese city of Zhongshan has killed 26 people and injured at least eight. Some reports say fallen disco lights or a gas blast could have caused Sunday's fire in the Guangdong province city, the BBC reported M
MAKHACHKALA, Russia, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Rescuers on Monday were searching for a border guard who disappeared in an avalanche in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. The avalanche occurred Sunday in the republic's Tsuntinsky District. A local resident and one border guard were killed, thre
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The stabbing death of an African in St. Petersburg has led a Russian student group with ties to the president to call for action against racist violence. The Nashi (Our People) movement is asking for a public condemnation of rising racial intolerance in S
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A year after a tsunami killed more than 200,000 people, women in the hardest hit areas of Indonesia say they want to have children again.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- An internal report of the Florida Department of Management Services inspector general says state human resource information may have security issues.
TOKYO, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- An express train derailed as it headed to Niigata, Japan, Sunday, killing at least three people and leaving 30 other people injured.
NEWCASTLE, England, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- A man in Britain, convicted for spiking a woman's drink with a potentially deadly drug, has been sentenced to prison for five years.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Several states including Pennsylvania are considering legislation to encourage free debate and protect students against discrimination for political views.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and New Orleans levee officials never agreed on how to protect the city from storm waters, the Los Angeles Times reported.
LONDON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth Sunday praised Britons in her Christmas Day message for their generosity in the wake of this year's tragedies around the globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Al-Arabiya has aired a new tape of Osama bin Laden's top aide, Ayman al-Zawahiri, praising the Taliban and its fight in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- UU.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said the United States has a real chance to try new, innovative ideas as it rebuilds Katrina-devastated New Orleans.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace said the military is in the midst of a delicate balancing act when it comes to troop levels in Iraq.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- The Rev. Marek Bozek celebrated midnight mass in at St. Stanislaus Kostka church despite St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke prohibiting the service.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Roman Catholic cardinals celebrated midnight mass in several U.S. cities calling on the faithful to focus on God to see them through troubled times.
Fans react and hold up signs as floats carrying the New York Giants rides down the Canyon of Heroes for the Giants victory ticker tape parade 2 days after the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI in New York City on February 7, 2012 . UPI /John Angelillo
