BRUSSELS, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A statement from the United Nations on humanitarian access to Syrians in need is a "stepping stone" for a much-needed response, an EU leader said Thursday.
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A changing security landscape in the Asia-Pacific region means Japan's defense relationship with the United States is more important than ever, officials said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- There's been a degree of pressure exerted on independent media and opposition groups ahead of Azerbaijan presidential elections, European officials said.
SANAA, Yemen, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Yemen gets a mixed report card for its progress on a variety of reforms made during the last two years, a visiting U.N. human rights official said.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Kenyan lawmakers said they scuffled with Dutch authorities outside a court in The Hague during the trial for Vice President William Ruto.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Paraguay is emerging stronger from diplomatic isolation, slapped on the landlocked country by Latin American neighbors after a June 2012 congressional impeachment ousted former President Fernando Lugo.
MANAMA, Bahrain, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The situation in Bahrain is such that most national issues can be resolved without resorting to acts of violence, the interior minister said Thursday.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Ivory Coast needs to weigh in on the latest arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for a former minister, a rights group said Thursday.
TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Iran is willing to consider a memorandum of understanding for direct flights to the United States, a national aviation director in Iran said.
CAIRO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A national alliance opposed to the ouster of Egypt's president in July has called for demonstrations Sunday in Cairo's central Tahrir Square.
LVIV, Ukraine, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Ukraine's military draft will end with this week's round of autumn call-ups as the country moves to an all-volunteer force, President Viktor Yanukovych says.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- For some security analysts, the recent bloodbath in Nairobi's premier shopping mall, in the heart of the Kenyan capital, underlines how terrorists are targeting major cities across Asia and Africa, just as an earlier generation wreaked havoc in Europe's major cities in the 1960s and 70s.
CAIRO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said Wednesday it would not back away from its demands for the reinstatement of Mohamed Morsi as president.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced an opposition MP to death for his part in murder and genocide during the 1971 war of independence.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The crisis in Syria shouldn't draw international focus completely away from a lingering crisis in the Central African Republic, U.N. leaders said.
