ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Greece is being torn apart by the punishing demands of a harsh austerity program set in motion by a deeply divided government.
QATIF, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- One person was killed during apparent clashes between Saudi forces and Shiite demonstrators in the country's Eastern province, state media reported.
MALE, Maldives, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The timing isn't right for a divided island nation of Maldives to have fair elections, the country's new president said Friday.
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- An announcement from al-Qaida that Somalia's al-Shabaab was a formal affiliate confirms what most analysts already know, a U.S. official said.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The U.N. mission in Libya said it was assisting Libya's interim government in developing mechanisms needed for the first elections in 40 years.
TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Iran sees a joint U.N.-Arab League observer mission for Syria as useful policy to promote Syria's reform plans, a senior diplomat said.
CAIRO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Egyptian protesters said Friday during marches on the Defense Ministry they wanted the military authority to hand power to a civilian administration.
YANGON, Myanmar, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A monk in Myanmar, freed by the government in January, was taken from a monastery in Yangon by regional authorities, a witness said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A tour of the Palestinian territories will provide a better understanding of the effects of "disturbing" violence from Israeli settlers, a U.N. envoy said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Nobody in Ukraine is safe from the human rights violations committed by law enforcement officials, the daughter of a jailed opposition leader said.
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Leading human rights organizations expressed alarm over the situation in the Sudanese region, where ethnic violence and weapons in Darfur threaten the region.
MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A European Union delegation has urged the Philippine government and rebels to find a lasting solution to the armed conflict that has plagued the country's southern region for nearly 50 years.
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Argentina is slashing foreign currency outflows in expectation of tougher economic times, a likely result of drought-related drop in commodities harvests and exports and a fallout from the European Union debt crisis.
BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Anti-American cleric Moqtada Sadr told supporters Thursday that foreign forces were no longer welcome on Iraqi soil.
BAGHDAD, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has executed some 65 "terrorists and criminals" this year in what is seen as a crackdown by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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