LVIV, Ukraine, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Ukraine's military draft will end with this week's round of autumn call-ups as the country moves to an all-volunteer force, President Viktor Yanukovych says.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- For some security analysts, the recent bloodbath in Nairobi's premier shopping mall, in the heart of the Kenyan capital, underlines how terrorists are targeting major cities across Asia and Africa, just as an earlier generation wreaked havoc in Europe's major cities in the 1960s and 70s.
CAIRO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said Wednesday it would not back away from its demands for the reinstatement of Mohamed Morsi as president.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced an opposition MP to death for his part in murder and genocide during the 1971 war of independence.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The crisis in Syria shouldn't draw international focus completely away from a lingering crisis in the Central African Republic, U.N. leaders said.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Amnesty International said Wednesday it wanted to police abuse during May riots in Turkey investigated by the appropriate authorities.
PARIS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The African Union is called on to respond to a crisis in Sudan that erupted after deadly September demonstrations, an international rights consortium said.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Guinean leaders are commended for resolving their political differences so long-delayed elections could take place, the British government said.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Sanctions against North Korea show how world powers like the United States are abusing the Security Council, the North Korean foreign affairs minister said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Wednesday there are no longer checkpoints manned by Hezbollah in the country.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Kenya is called on to hand over a man accused of bribing a witness in a war crimes case against Vice President William Ruto, the ICC said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The threat from Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab deserves another look following its attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, a U.S. lawmaker said.
By Catherine Brzycki and Katie Peralta -- Medill News Service
WASHINGTON -- Federal employees are "excepted" from the furlough if they perform duties involving the safety of human life. Employees are “exempted” from the furlough if they are not affected by a lapse in appropriations. The rest -- "non-essential" workers -- stayed home today.
WASHINGTON -- Three national security experts agree that changes to the NSA’s database system are necessary to reassure Americans that their Fourth Amendment rights will not be violated.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to tighten its links with Azerbaijan, the oil-rich former Soviet Republic that borders Iran, to secure a strategic alliance that has already provided invaluable in the Jewish state's smoldering conflict with the Islamic Republic.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday she was alarmed by the level at which torture took place in Libyan detention centers.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.N. rights commission said Tuesday it was encouraged by Turkish efforts to resolve a simmering conflict with members of the Kurdish minority.
LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Signing the U.N. arms treaty by the United States was the easy part in implementing landmark controls, British policy center Chatham House said.
TEHRAN, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said there are no plans to travel to Washington during his U.S. visit, an envoy said Tuesday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The estimated 2.1 million refugees in Syria need help that can't be found in a political solution to the crisis, a European Union official said.
BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Efforts made by the European Union to provide assistance to the Democratic Republic of Congo resulted in limited progress, an audit found.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- More than 950 Iraqis were killed and another 2,100 were injured in acts of terrorism or violence in Iraq last month, the U.N. mission there said Tuesday.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court said Tuesday it unsealed an arrest warrant for former Ivorian Youth Minister Charles Ble Goude for war crimes.
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Chinese government is providing direct support to a U.N. inspection team surveying chemical weapons in Syria, a spokesman said.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Dozens of homes were burned to the ground during clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state, an official said Tuesday.
United States Team member Tiger Woods (L) kisses girlfriend Lindsey Vonn on the 18th green after he and teammate Matt Kuchar defeated International Team members Hideki Matsuyama of Japan and Adam Scott of Australia 1-up during the third round four-ball competition at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 5, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey
