BRUSSELS, April 26 (UPI) -- As if the eurozone financial crisis were not enough to tax its resources, the EU is channeling funds into securing the union against a potential fallout from the opposition battle to unseat Syrian ruler Bashar al Assad.
MOSCOW, April 26 (UPI) -- Authorities in Moscow said opposition leader Konstantin Lebedev is to spend more than two years in prison for plotting to overthrow the government.
ANKARA, Turkey, April 26 (UPI) -- The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party will start a formal withdrawal from Turkish territory May 8, party leader Murat Karayilan said.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, April 26 (UPI) -- There are no plans to amend the constitution in Myanmar so pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi can run for president, a leader said.
UNITED NATIONS, April 26 (UPI) -- Proliferation of weapons in Ivory Coast poses a significant threat to national stability and reconstruction, the U.N. Security Council said.
LONDON, April 26 (UPI) -- Establishing a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali is the logical next step to make in securing the country, British African official Mark Simmonds said.
UNITED NATIONS, April 26 (UPI) -- Somalia isn't yet at a place where it sees a political and national security future that's free of problems, the Somali ambassador to the United Nations said.
LONDON, April 26 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron is called on to "show some backbone" and press Emirati authorities on abuses, Human Rights Watch.
SEOUL, April 26 (UPI) -- The international community needs to speak with one voice on the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, South Korean President Park Geun-hye said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 26 (UPI) -- No Hezbollah drones were deployed near Israeli airspace where such an aircraft was destroyed this week, a member of the Shiite movement in Lebanon said.
TEHRAN, April 26 (UPI) -- The Iranian government is waiting for word from the international community on nuclear consultations, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 25 (UPI) -- The arrest of an alleged al-Qaida cell in the United Arab Emirates and of 94 citizens accused of "security offenses" illustrates the alarm sweeping the Persian Gulf monarchies as the wave of Arab pro-democracy uprisings reaches their door.
BOGOTA, April 25 (UPI) -- It's an uphill task and absence of peace with armed rebels means more mines may be laid in Colombia's vulnerable regions as international aid tries to demine areas affected by decades of conflict.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 25 (UPI) -- The situation in Mali requires a significant amount of attention from the counter-terrorism community, Europol said in a report published Thursday.
ANKARA, Turkey, April 25 (UPI) -- Kurdistan Workers' Party members will leave Turkey for northern Iraq where they'll receive political training, a pro-Kurdish lawmaker said Thursday.
BRUSSELS, April 25 (UPI) -- It's in the interest of the European community to take efforts to address the situation with Syrian civil war, the European crisis commissioner said.
MANAMA, Bahrain, April 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. State Department report on human rights in Bahrain includes claims that a "far from the truth," a spokeswoman for the government said.
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, April 25 (UPI) -- The principles of Islam forbid terrorism in any manifestation, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation said in condemning attacks in Libya this week.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 25 (UPI) -- The reopening of the British Embassy in Somalia is a sign of the country's hard-fought road to recovery, visiting British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
TEHRAN, April 25 (UPI) -- Fixing the Iranian economy is moving to the top of the political agenda as presidential hopefuls develop campaign platforms, candidates said.
SEOUL, April 25 (UPI) -- There are no clear signs that North Korea is preparing for another nuclear test in the near future, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won said.
WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- Armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo pose a threat to any citizen traveling in the area, the U.S. State Department said.
VIENNA, April 25 (UPI) -- Spain this week was leading an international charge to enhance the rights of victims of terrorism at a United Nations criminal justice conference in Vienna.
LONDON, April 24 (UPI) -- All parties in Afghanistan need to sit down together to chart the country's political future, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
