TOKYO, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Japan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, who is sentenced to die for a 1995 gas attack on Tokyo subway.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Friday express confidence Republicans will retain control of Congress in November, based on the performance of the economy.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Friday threatened to scrub U.S. intelligence efforts to question al-Qaida captives unless Congress passes clarifying legislation.
MIAMI, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A terror conspiracy case in Miami could decide whether intelligence obtained during harsh interrogation sessions is admissible in U.S. courts.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Israeli intelligence officer who used Jonathan Pollard to spy on the U.S. Navy in the 1980s now says the mission was a mistake, reports the Jerusalem Post.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Friday expressed his condolences over the death of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, praising her as a real Texas politician.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Friday downplayed the level of sectarian violence in Iraq, saying the unity government is working.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Friday urged Congress to reform U.S. immigration policy because the current situation is not working.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said one of his main objectives in addressing the United Nations next week is to keep the world from allowing Iran to stall.
HOUSTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The plaintiff in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case striking down all laws making sex between gay adults a crime has died in a Houston hospital.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said Friday Congress is obligated to give intelligence professionals clear direction in the fight against terrorism.
BELGRADE, Serbia, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A Serbian court has sentenced a 17-man gang, including nine police officers, to jail for a series of robberies over the past two years.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Friday the use of child soldiers in Myanmar has not stopped, with the government resorting to coercion and force to recruit them.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Just in time for the November elections, the U.S. House has approved a tiny slice of lobbying and ethics reform promised to voters at the beginning of the year.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- EU foreign ministers say association talks with Serbia will resume as soon as Belgrade arrests Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic. The European Union's foreign ministers Friday called on the Serbian government to intensify efforts to arrest and
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A Pakistani journalist was killed by masked gunmen in the northwest part of the country and police were looking for two suspects.
FERNLEY, Nev., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The Nevada Office of Veterans' Services said a plaque honoring a Wiccan soldier has been approved for the Veterans' Memorial Wall in Fernley, Nev.
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI is drawing growing criticism from Muslim leaders for a speech in Germany in which he quoted historical sources to denounce jihad in Islam.
BELGRADE, Serbia, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical Party and pro-Western Democratic Party are tied in a popularity poll for the first time in two years.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Formerly delayed domestic and border security bills have been fast-tracked in both houses of Congress ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
