WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. and South Korean governments should start preparations for the eventual collapse of North Korea, a report from policy center RAND Corp. said.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The Syrian government sent an initial disclosure of its chemical weapons stockpile to The Hague, a weapons monitoring group confirmed Friday.
YALTA, Ukraine, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Time is running out on Ukrainian efforts to move closer to the European Union though its political reforms are closer to success, an EU leader said.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Bahrain has been called on to take its commitments to political reform seriously following the arrest of an opposition leader, the U.S. State Department said.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations welcomes Iran's decision to free Sakharov Prize-winner Nasrin Sotoudeh and 11 other political prisoners, a human rights official said.
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Canada is in a strategic position to serve as one of the foremost natural gas suppliers in the world, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says imports of U.S. comics and television cartoons are to blame for a continuing upsurge in youth crime, but analysts say evidence suggests otherwise.
CAIRO, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Amid widening political upheaval in Egypt, the military-led regime has given its security services wide-ranging powers that has raised fears the country's reverting to the police state it was before the 2011 pro-democracy revolution that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak.
LONDON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Relief group Oxfam reminded the international community of the growing humanitarian needs of civilians affected by war in Syria.
MOSCOW, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday its missile systems would be protected from external interference, a day after a directive on arms manufacturing.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia remains prevalent in the country more than 10 years after the end of civil war, the United Nations said
LONDON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- An organization monitoring journalist safety issued an advisory Thursday warning of the security risks of reporting along the Turkish border with Syria.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Libya's decision to try Moammar Gadhafi's son at home suggests Tripoli isn't serious about cooperating with the international community, a rights group said.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A settlement between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Turkish government is still on the table, a pro-Kurdish lawmaker said.
BEIJING, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A Chinese official urged the International Criminal Court to listen to Kenyan and African Union voices in trials resulting from Kenya's post-election violence.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Entire villages in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have emptied as civilians flee fresh rebel fighting, the U.N. peace mission in DRC said.
TEHRAN, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The position held by the United States is lopsided when it comes to chemical and nuclear weapons stockpiles, an Iranian judicial chief said.
SAR-E POL, Afghanistan, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- The Taliban welcomed a move by a former provincial governor in Afghanistan to switch sides though a district leader downplayed the defection's significance.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Brussels could pull newly discovered "legal highs" from the market immediately under new enforcement measures proposed this week by the European Commission.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Police in Uttar Pradesh are rounding up 16 people including politicians after an Indian court ordered their arrest for allegedly inciting deadly communal violence.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court issued a reminder Wednesday that revealing the identity of witness in a case against Kenyan leaders is a violation of the law.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S.-led drive to force Syria's beleaguered regime to surrender its chemical weapons has raised questions about the arsenal of chemical and biological arms Israel has reportedly stockpiled and the activities of the secretive Israel Institute for Biological Research near Tel Aviv.
VIENNA, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency announced Myanmar signed on to additional safeguard agreements regarding nuclear security.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Israeli settlement activity in Palestinian territory is counterproductive though both sides are called to task for the sake of peace, a U.N. envoy said.
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) speaks to the press after Congress failed to agree to a continuing resolution to fund the government, causing the first government shutdown in 17 years, in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2013. Boehner was joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L), House Majority Whip Kevin MCCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA). UPI/Kevin Dietsch
