WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- President Obama in nationwide polls isn't getting high approval ratings, but certain cities do give him positive ratings, a Harris Poll indicated.
TEHRAN, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's attitude toward Iran is an example of Israel's warmongering, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said.
HAMDEN, Conn., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A majority of U.S. Catholics say they agree with Pope Francis' view that the church is too focused on flashpoint social issues, a Quinnipiac poll said.
ASSISI, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Pope Francis, speaking Friday in Assisi, Italy, called for "an end to armed conflicts, which cover the earth with blood."
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. government shutdown is proving less draconian than presidential warnings but failing to raise the debt ceiling and default would be another matter.
WASHINGTON -- Senior military officials gave emotional accounts of the negative effect of the government shutdown-induced furloughs on their workforce, many of who are still reeling from the effect of furloughs due to sequestration.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has expressed its concern about the treatment of opposition leaders in Bahrain to its close partners in Manama, the State Department said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Hispanics' perception of the impact of unauthorized immigration on the United States Hispanic community has improved since 2010, a Pew poll indicates.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. residents are closely divided on their views of how the U.S. Supreme Court is performing, a Gallup poll released Friday indicates.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Afghan leaders are called on to support a national agenda in 2014 rather than campaign in a contest of personalities, the U.N. special envoy said.
TURIN, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Turin, Italy, newspaper La Stampa received a package containing explosive powder and video footage of people protesting a high-speed rail link, police said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Belgium has extradited to the United States a Tunisian to face federal charges of working with al-Qaida in a bomb plot in Europe in 2001, U.S. officials said.
MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- All 30 Greenpeace activists detained in protests at a Russian oil rig pleaded not guilty to piracy charges, the Russian Investigative Committee said.
MIAMI, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Miami police officer, Malinsky Bazile, was convicted of stealing the identities of 1,000 people to claim fraudulent income-tax returns, court officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Rwanda didn't get a waiver from U.S. sanctions because of its support for the rebel March 23 Movement in the DRC, the U.S. State Department said.
TBILISI, Georgia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Georgian nationalists said during a protest in Tbilisi they were worried Russia may stake its claim to more of Georgia's sovereign territory.
BACHEVSK, Ukraine, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- One person died and two were injured Friday when a suicide bomb exploded at a Russian-Ukraine border checkpoint, Ukrainian officials said.
AZAZ, Syria, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Rebel brigades in Syria said they are in the midst of an armed standoff with an al-Qaida affiliate group over control of a town near the Turkish border.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A former California student was convicted of the attempted rape and kidnapping of a teacher -- an incident he described as a "senior prank," prosecutors said.
NAPA, Calif., Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A wildfire in Napa County, Calif., has burned through 500 acres, but firefighters said they have stopped the spread of the blaze.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Russian woman whose alleged killing of a Libyan military officer led to a rush on the Russian Embassy in Tripoli was once a pro powerlifter, officials said.
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, who staged a 13-hour filibuster against anti-abortion legislation in June, said she has announced her bid for the governorship.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Police said they were looking for a man they had identified as one of the motorcyclists who had a role in the beating of a New York SUV driver.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, a former Islamic commander who brought al-Qaida leaders to Afghanistan, has registered to run for president, officials said.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Video from the Westgate Mall terrorist attack that killed 67 people last month in Nairobi, Kenya, showed some soldiers looting stores, officials said.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
