MADRID, May 25 (UPI) -- Spain's growing difficulty with shoring up its debt-ridden banks faced a new setback Friday as an otherwise wealthy autonomous region of Catalonia joined the queue for an urgent bailout to help service its liabilities.
MOSCOW, May 25 (UPI) -- The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday it would host another round of multilateral talks over Iran's nuclear program in mid-June.
UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (UPI) -- The governments of Sudan and South Sudan are called on to demonstrate flexibility during next week's peace talks in Ethiopia, the U.N. chief said.
WASHINGTON, May 25 (UPI) -- Washington pledges to work with the democratic leadership in Egypt and stands by its people during the political evolution, the U.S. secretary of state said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 25 (UPI) -- The United Nations supports Beirut in its efforts to ensure stability and security in Lebanon is safeguarded, a U.N. delegate said.
BEIJING, May 25 (UPI) -- Beijing said it published a human rights report on the United States after saying a similar report from Washington was distorted and too critical.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 25 (UPI) -- Anyone tied to violent repression of human rights in Guinea-Bissau following the April 12 coup must be held accountable, the top U.N. rights commissioner said.
BRUSSELS, May 25 (UPI) -- Members of the European Parliament called on Azerbaijan to end its suppression of human rights, adding Baku must get in line with international standards.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 25 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the African Union force fighting in Somalia said al-Shabaab might not recover from the loss of a strategic town near Mogadishu.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 25 (UPI) -- Civilians, including children, are bearing the brunt of the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an official from the ICRC said.
CANBERRA, Australia, May 25 (UPI) -- Critics in Australia and Indonesia have slammed what they believe is a prisoner deal involving a drug trafficker and several people smugglers.
BUENOS AIRES, May 24 (UPI) -- All but the poorest of Caribbean and Latin American countries are set to lose Spanish development aid because of the European nation's severe credit crunch and urgent financial requirements in a hard-pressed domestic economy.
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 24 (UPI) -- Despite the prospect of a diplomatic breakthrough in talks about Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and a U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad, Israeli military officials say covert operations against "enemy countries" are on the rise.
LONDON, May 24 (UPI) -- The British government said it signed a memorandum of intent with Libya to share the goal of ensuring an open and transparent government in Tripoli.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 24 (UPI) -- The United Nations is concerned that Somali efforts to take on al-Shabaab insurgents could trigger an escalation of the crisis in the war-torn country.
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