ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- At least 20 Shiite pilgrims in Pakistan were killed when an explosives-filled car rammed into a convoy of buses traveling to Iran, officials said.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building his country's economic might and resolving tensions with South Korea Tuesday during his New Year's address.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Afghan forces are prepping to lead in protecting more of the country, in line with assuming full responsibility by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai said.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A 4-year-old Chicago girl injured with her 9-year-old brother in a fire allegedly set by her father in which he and their mother died has died, officials said.
TEHRAN, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Iran successfully test fired two missiles in the fifth day of a naval exercise to test the protection of its maritime borders, an Iranian admiral said.
AMMAN, Jordan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Israel is in secret talks with Syrian rebels to help find the remains of an executed Israeli spy and prepare for an operation, al-Quds al-Arabi reports.
ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Turkey has embarked on talks with an imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan's Workers Party with the aim of disarming it, a Turkish government adviser said.
LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A teenager helping his younger brother try to recover his BlackBerry was killed on the grounds of a London housing project, police said Monday.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A clear majority of U.S. adults wants Congress to work with others to get things done and compromise if necessary, a survey indicates.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Several same-sex couples in Maryland celebrated the arrival of 2013 early Tuesday by marrying immediately after midnight.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Pakistan released Afghan Taliban ex-minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi from custody following talks with Afghan officials on the peace process, the BBC reported.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Martin McGuinness, deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, said Monday he is giving up his seat in the British Parliament -- a seat he has never occupied.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Monday notified Congress the United States has reached its $16.4 trillion debt ceiling.
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- China's Communist Party promises to fight official corruption, which has become a major problem in the country, more vigorously in 2013.
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- China will continue with reform and opening up in 2013 to build a prosperous society, President Hu Jintao said in his New Year's broadcast address.
TOKYO, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Japan's population in 2012 is estimated to have decreased by 212,000, the largest decline rate on record, the Health Ministry said.
