BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 7 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Syria's Sunni Muslims have reportedly fled the region around Tartous after scores of their co-religionists were allegedly massacred.
LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Somalia has shown it's able to win wars against militants but securing the peace will "take patience and great skill," the Somali president said Tuesday.
BRUSSELS, May 7 (UPI) -- The European Commission announced Tuesday that Brussels would be the site of a donors' conference for Mali starting May 15.
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 7 (UPI) -- The United Nations announced retired Australian Judge Michael Donald Kirby will lead a commission investigating North Korean human rights.
ANKARA, Turkey, May 7 (UPI) -- Turkish fighters with the Kurdistan Workers' Party need to leave their weapons behind as they leave the country, the Turkish prime minister said Tuesday.
BEIJING, May 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. military report that says cyberattacks against U.S. computer infrastructure came from China are groundless, China's official news agency Xinhua reports.
AMMAN, Jordan, May 7 (UPI) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will discuss regional stability with Syrian President Bashar Assad after his trip to Jordan, the government said.
MOSCOW, May 7 (UPI) -- Russian state employees will be fired if they don't move their money out of foreign banks within three months, a law signed by President Vladimir Putin says.
CAIRO, May 7 (UPI) -- An opposition spokesman from the Egyptian government said Tuesday a Cabinet reshuffle from President Mohamed Morsi wasn't what rivals had in mind.
TRIPOLI, Libya, May 7 (UPI) -- Libyan Defense Minister Mohammed al-Bargathi said he resigned Tuesday because of the ongoing militia occupation of government ministries.
UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (UPI) -- There's a "fresh chance" to resolve underlying issues behind a cycle of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a U.N. envoy said.
NEW DELHI, May 7 (UPI) -- Disputed border issues will be prominent during meetings when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits India this month on the premier's first foreign trip.
MADRID, May 7 (UPI) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is dealing with three conflicting assessments of the threat posed by Basque separatists, a newspaper report indicated.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 6 (UPI) -- Using Lebanese airspace to strike Syria is an act of aggression though the Lebanese government is trying to stay out of the fight, political leaders said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 6 (UPI) -- Israeli airstrikes against Syria appear to be concentrating on hitting the flow of Iranian and Syrian arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon, rather than Assad's regime.