DAILLON, Switzerland, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The suspect in a shooting in which three people were killed and two wounded in the Swiss village of Daillon had been in a psychiatric facility, officials said.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Israeli security forces have stirred unrest in the West Bank by arresting Palestinian activists in what appears to be a campaign to head off a third intifada.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The ruling March 8 alliance in Beirut is credited with preventing the Syrian war from spilling over the Lebanese border, the leader of Hezbollah said Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The government of Myanmar is reminded of its obligation to ensure the safety of civilians living in rebel territory in Kachin state, the U.N. chief said.
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.
