UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A U.N. Security Council committee tasked with vetting Chapter VII resolutions on the Taliban announced it delisted a slain commander of the Haqqani network.
BEIJING, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The Chinese government said Wednesday there should be a certain degree of mutual trust in ongoing preparations for nuclear talks with Iran.
ALGIERS, Algeria, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Algeria's ailing head of state, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, had been widely expected to stand aside in presidential elections slated for April 2014 after ruling the oil and gas-rich North African country since 1991.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court said Tuesday attacks at a shopping mall in Nairobi may fall within her jurisdiction.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A weapons monitoring group in The Hague, Netherlands, said Tuesday it was reviewing the draft decision to eliminate chemical weapons from Syria.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Libyan move to set up a commission tasked with examining the human rights record of the Gadhafi regime is a step in the right direction, a U.N. official said.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The United Nations is committed to taking appropriate action in response to claims peacekeepers in Mali were involved in acts of sexual abuse.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- African Union leadership in resolving lingering issues between Sudan and South Sudan is a welcome move but work remains, a U.N. envoy said.
PARIS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The international community should spare no effort in ensuring the population in Central African Republic is protected from rebels, a rights group said.
TEHRAN, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Iran wants to be able to exercise its rights as a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
LONDON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The high voter turnout for elections in the semiautonomous Kurdish north of Iraq is a testament to the region's success, a British government minister said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A decision by the government in Guinea and political parties to delay legislative elections to Saturday is a welcomed move, the U.S. State Department said.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Re-elected Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen officially took up office amid opposition street protests and a parliamentary boycott.
NANTERRE, France, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A record seizure of 1.3 tons of pure cocaine aboard an Air France airliner raises questions about possible complicity of French airport workers, police say.
BEIJING, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- China's ruling Communist Party has praised the judiciary's efforts to publicly conduct the controversial trial of former CPC politburo member Bo Xilai.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court said Monday it excused Kenyan Vice President William Ruto from his war crimes trial to address the militant attack in Nairobi.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Council of the European Union said Monday it extended two security programs for the Democratic Republic of Congo for the last time.
TEHRAN, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- An Iranian military commander said more than 8,000 troops will take part in large-scale military exercises planned for October.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The weekend seizure of a Nairobi, Kenya, shopping mall by Somalia-based jihadists linked to al-Qaida, slaughtering dozens of people, underlines how, two years after the Americans assassinated Osama bin Laden, jihadists are widening their offensive across Africa as well as the Arab world.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Authorities in the Libyan oil sector are examining ways to address worker grievances without the threat of strike, an executive said.
MUMBAI, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Police in Mumbai initiated a manhunt after a suspected Indian Mujahedin member escaped from a local court today where he was to hear charges against him relating to deadly bombings in July 2008.
BERLIN, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is at risk from voter apathy and rising anger over what critics see as her inaction over spying on individuals as Germany goes to polls Sunday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka appears to be engaged in a campaign to discredit the top human rights official at the United Nations, her office said Friday.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court said Friday it has no legal power to consider challenges to cases on its books, including trials under way for Kenyan leaders.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- More than 3,500 people remain displaced from their homes six months after a major outbreak of sectarian violence in Myanmar, a U.N. organization said.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
