BANGUI, Central African Republic, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The defense minister from the Central African Republic said regional forces are within 48 miles of the capital city amid a growing rebel threat.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Imposing sanctions against a Rwandan rebel group is a step toward consolidating peace in DRC, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said.
JAKARTA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Indonesian authorities said Wednesday they have not determined the cause of death of an Australian woman found floating in her pool in Bali.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Sudanese government announced it accepted an offer from the Ethiopian prime minister to meet the South Sudanese president Friday in Addis Ababa.
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Negotiations at the U.N. Security Council over a response to North Korea's rocket launch in December may start next week, a South Korean official said.
TOKYO, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Japanese Emperor Akihito offered encouragement Wednesday to people still working to rebuild their lives from the devastating 2011 tsunami and earthquake.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The number of people who have died as a result of the war in Syria since early 2011 is "truly shocking," the top U.N. rights official said Wednesday.
MOSCOW, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Late January military maneuvers are planned for the Russian navy in the Black and Mediterranean seas, the Russian Defense Ministry stated Wednesday.
RAMADI, Iraq, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Sunni communities in the western Iraqi province of Anbar have said they were worried the central government may drag the country into civil war.
ROME, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Encouraging wealthy candidates to seek office would be a way to discourage political corruption, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday.
ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Three students were injured Wednesday in the explosion of a percussion bomb at a high school in southeastern Turkey, authorities said.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Five Afghans died in Turkey of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning three days after one of the dead was married, authorities said.
LAUNDA, Angola, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The number of people who died in a stampede at Cidadela Sports Stadium in Launda, Angola, rose to 10, a first-responder official said.
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. residents are divided about whether the country's best years are ahead or already passed, results of a Gallup poll indicated.
KO PHANGAN, Thailand, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Police said they are questioning a Thai man arrested for his involvement in a death of a British tourist on the island of Koh Phangan.
NANNING, China, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- One worker remains trapped after a metro tunnel line in the southern Chinese city of Nanning collapsed, officials said Wednesday.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December -- substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment down to acceptable levels.
OTTAWA, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Canada's immigration minister introduced a new online matchmaking program that will connect potential immigrants with employers, to be in place by 2014.
KODIAK, Alaska, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Authorities said an offshore drilling rig remains aground on an Alaskan island, but they don't believe the vessel, owned by Shell, has leaked any fuel.
NAJAF, Iraq, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Populist Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr is urging more demonstrations against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to protest his consolidation of power.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Military aircraft has been targeting rebel areas in Myanmar's Kachin state during the past five days, video shot by a humanitarian group indicated.
MANILA, Philippines, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The head of a commission that has been pursuing the wealth of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos said the organization should be abolished.
