KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo downplayed suggestions that a Rwandan rebel group was present in large numbers in a border province.
PARIS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The French magazine editor whose offices were attacked after publishing cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad said he published a comic book on Islam's founder.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers are lauded for taking steps to avoid cuts in defense spending but can't "kick the can down the road," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A former top general has been arrested in an investigation of a coup plot that forced out Turkey's prime minister nearly 16 years ago, officials said.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- All parties to the conflict in the Central African Republic are called to on resolve differences through comprehensive dialogue, a U.N. official said.
BENGHAZI, Libya, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The Libyan interior minister said Thursday he was on the lookout for those responsible for the kidnapping of an interim crime official in Benghazi.
HONOLULU, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Now that the issue of taxes has been addressed, U.S. lawmakers can address the "real" problem -- federal spending, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
MOSCOW, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Russia aims to add 50 new warships, including nuclear submarines, to its defensive arsenal by 2016, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The Iranian government doesn't see much will from the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to resolve a nuclear impasse, a government spokesman said.
DONETSK, Ukraine, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Rescuers found the body of a miner who was one of three workers missing after a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Ukraine, officials said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. government will judge the North Korean leadership by its actions, not by its words, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said.
LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A British education minister said he sees no reason why white working-class males shouldn't be treated as any other minority group by universities.
MOSCOW, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Russia will build more than 50 warships by 2016 in a multibillion-dollar plan to upgrade its military capabilities, defense officials said Thursday.
ROME, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Two Italian marines headed back to India Friday where they face trial on charges they killed two Indian fishermen mistaken for pirates, their attorney says.
DELHI, India, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The men accused in the rape and death of an Indian woman were charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in a Delhi court Thursday, a police official said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will delay filibuster reform to give him time to negotiate with Republicans, Democratic lawmakers and aides said.
LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A spokesman said the British prime minister will "do everything" to protect the Falkand Islands after receiving a stinging letter from Argentina's president.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Between 6,000 and 20,000 U.S. troops would stay in Afghanistan after 2014, plans submitted by Gen. John Allen, senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan, indicated.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Opposition leaders in Venezuela are demanding to know whether President Hugo Chavez, who is suffering from cancer, will be sworn in Jan. 10.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A record 2.9 million background checks for firearm purchases were made in December in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings, the FBI said.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A national agency said an estimated 1 million Americans are getting a pay raise as 10 states have raised their minimum wages as of Jan. 1.
CAIRO, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- A radical group in Egypt's conservative Islamist party has broken away and could strengthen support for Sharia law ahead of legislative elections, experts said.
DELANO, Calif., Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Federal authorities said they are investigating a helicopter crash that killed a female pilot doing frost control work on crops near Delano, Calif.
