BRUSSELS, May 9 (UPI) -- A key European Parliament committee this week signed off on legislation calling for confiscation of Mafia assets and their distribution to local communities.
BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (UPI) -- Argentina's latest effort to tease out billions of U.S. dollars said to be held by citizens through sweeping tax breaks and interest earnings received lukewarm response, though this may change.
LAGOS, Nigeria, May 8 (UPI) -- Coordinated attacks in Nigeria involving hundreds of heavily armed militants demonstrate that the insurgents have undergone guerrilla warfare training.
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 8 (UPI) -- Suspected Bob Haram members were dressed in military uniforms when they attacked a northeastern town, an army spokesman said Wednesday
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 8 (UPI) -- Girls as young as 6 years were raped by Congolese military personnel during a fight with rebels last year, a U.N. investigation said.
LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- There's no place for armed intimidation in a Libya struggling to make post-conflict political transitions, the U.S. and British governments said Wednesday.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. and South Korean forces may be the target of attacks should they violate North Korean territory during Yellow Sea drills, Pyongyang said.
ANKARA, Turkey, May 8 (UPI) -- The alleged massacre of Sunnis in the Syrian city of Banias is part of an ethnic-cleansing campaign, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- Cyberattacks targeting the United States pose a direct threat to economic and national security interests, a bipartisan group of senators said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 8 (UPI) -- The Egyptian government is at risk of erasing many democratic gains made since the 2011 revolution, the U.N. commissioner for human rights said.
MOSCOW, May 8 (UPI) -- Non-governmental organizations in Russia are considered enemies of the state by Russian President Vladimir Putin, NGO leaders said.
ANKARA, Turkey, May 8 (UPI) -- Turkish intelligence officials are monitoring the withdrawal of fighters from the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, the deputy prime minister said.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- U.S. assistance to Somalia aims to help ensure a stable government is able to prevent terrorists from establishing a safe haven, the U.S. State Department said.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 8 (UPI) -- Tensions are rising in areas of Rakhine state where the Myanmar government is re-housing Muslims displaced after ethnic clashes with Buddhists last year.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 7 (UPI) -- A series of bombings in Mogadishu shows that the al-Shabaab movement, allied to al-Qaida, remains a lethal force despite the loss of key strongholds.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 7 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Syria's Sunni Muslims have reportedly fled the region around Tartous after scores of their co-religionists were allegedly massacred.
LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Somalia has shown it's able to win wars against militants but securing the peace will "take patience and great skill," the Somali president said Tuesday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 7 (UPI) -- The United Nations announced retired Australian Judge Michael Donald Kirby will lead a commission investigating North Korean human rights.
ANKARA, Turkey, May 7 (UPI) -- Turkish fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party need to leave their weapons behind as they leave the country, the Turkish prime minister said Tuesday.
BEIJING, May 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. military report that says cyberattacks against U.S. computer infrastructure came from China are groundless, China's official news agency Xinhua reports.
AMMAN, Jordan, May 7 (UPI) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will discuss regional stability with Syrian President Bashar Assad after his trip to Jordan, the government said.
MOSCOW, May 7 (UPI) -- Russian state employees will be fired if they don't move their money out of foreign banks within three months, a law signed by President Vladimir Putin says.
CAIRO, May 7 (UPI) -- An opposition spokesman from the Egyptian government said Tuesday a Cabinet reshuffle from President Mohamed Morsi wasn't what rivals had in mind.
TRIPOLI, Libya, May 7 (UPI) -- Libyan Defense Minister Mohammed al-Bargathi said he resigned Tuesday because of the ongoing militia occupation of government ministries.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
