TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The Iranian government doesn't see much will from the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council to resolve a nuclear impasse, a government spokesman said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. government will judge the North Korean leadership by its actions, not by its words, a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department said.
KIEV, Ukraine, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Ukraine says it will work diligently to resolve "frozen conflicts" as the new 2013 chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Latin America's Mercosur trade bloc is facing renewed internal squabbles as plans for consolidation and expansion are clouded by the aftermath of last year's fractious admission of Venezuela as full member and suspension of founding member Paraguay.
MANAMA, Bahrain, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A U.N. torture rapporteur has delayed a visit to Bahrain to assess the human rights situation because of scheduling conflicts, state media reported.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence, alarmed at a jihadist sanctuary in Mali, is considering providing Algeria with a surveillance satellite to monitor al-Qaida operations.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the government in Myanmar said Wednesday that military forces struck rebel-held territory in the northern state of Kachin.
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The defense minister from the Central African Republic said regional forces are within 48 miles of the capital city amid a growing rebel threat.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Imposing sanctions against a Rwandan rebel group is a step toward consolidating peace in DRC, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The Sudanese government announced it accepted an offer from the Ethiopian prime minister to meet the South Sudanese president Friday in Addis Ababa.
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Negotiations at the U.N. Security Council over a response to North Korea's rocket launch in December may start next week, a South Korean official said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The number of people who have died as a result of the war in Syria since early 2011 is "truly shocking," the top U.N. rights official said Wednesday.
MOSCOW, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Late January military maneuvers are planned for the Russian navy in the Black and Mediterranean seas, the Russian Defense Ministry stated Wednesday.
RAMADI, Iraq, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Sunni communities in the western Iraqi province of Anbar have said they were worried the central government may drag the country into civil war.
DILI, Timor-Leste, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The United Nations ended its peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste after 13 years and the country's struggle for stability after independence in 2002.
