Opinion

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- For several hours, Dr. Seuss sat near the top of the Twitter trending list -- because a school librarian had rejected free books from first lady Melania Trump.

Oct. 4 (UPI) -- As Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe -- fervently supported and intensely hated -- campaigns in a snap election, he looks set for an unprecedented third term.

Oct. 4 (UPI) -- In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, it seems neither President Donald Trump nor his Republican colleagues will entertain a review of current gun legislation.

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- How do dangerous people get their guns? And what should the police and courts be doing to make those transactions more difficult?

Oct. 2 (UPI) -- As the Americans and more recently the Rus­sians worked to crush the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, they also have had to face an older enemy: al-Qaida.

A specter is haunting America -- that of 4 political parties in a system in which the traditional division between Democrats and Republicans can hardly co-exist.

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Days before Donald Trump must decide if he will grant the Iranian regime compliance with the nuclear deal, time is running out for Tehran's rulers.

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- As a surgeon, I see patients every day who've had batteries of screening tests that yield nothing more than increased spending and increased anxiety.

Sept. 28 (UPI) -- It is more important than ever to be well-informed about North Korea, and move beyond the common caricatures of the country and its leader Kim Jong Un.

Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The growing number of charities responding to natural disasters makes potential donors unsure about which to support. Here is some advice.

Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Amid attention on missile tests, there is another crisis emanating from North Korea: China's increasing detention and return of North Korean refugees.

Sept. 26 (UPI) -- North Korea is more than willing to breach sanctions to earn cash and has a long history of sharing their nuclear technology around the world.

Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Despite her lack of prior foreign policy experience, people who know Nikki Haley say they are not surprised by how she has performed.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The claims of Western politicians and commentators that the Islamic State is being crushed are dangerously prema­ture.

LONDON, September 25 -- Since all options are on the table with North Korea, one question must be answered: If war were to come, what would the peninsula look like afterward?