GENEVA, Switzerland, May 3 (UPI) -- The Nigerian government is called on to make sure national security efforts conform with human rights laws, a U.N. human rights representative said.
ANKARA, Turkey, May 3 (UPI) -- While the U.S. government won't comment on Turkish internal affairs, there is a keen sense of optimism about its future, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey said.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 3 (UPI) -- Syrian claims that rebel forces may have used chemical deserve a U.N. response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula may have played a role in September attacks on a U.S. consulate office in Libya, a U.S. law enforcement official said.
TEHRAN, May 3 (UPI) -- EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet in Turkey for follow-up nuclear talks with Iranian negotiators, her office said.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, May 3 (UPI) -- British Overseas Territories in the Western Hemisphere will abandon their 'tax haven' status as London struggles to raise cash and counter European charges its Caribbean and other overseas territories encourage tax evasion.
YANGON, Myanmar, May 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. government commission recommended that Myanmar remains on a State Department blacklist of 15 governments responsible for "systematic" violations of freedom of religion.
EILAT, Israel, May 2 (UPI) -- Israel says its air force assassinated a militant leader operating in the Sinai Peninsula, highlighting a concern about security on its southern border.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar, May 2 (UPI) -- The ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in Myanmar announced Thursday that President Thein Sein has stepped down as party chairman.
ZINTAN, Libya, May 2 (UPI) -- Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the late leader, indicated he was in decent health when he made a brief court appearance Thursday in Zintan.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- North Korea is close to finishing an experimental nuclear reactor that may lead to additional weapons concerns, researchers at Johns Hopkins University said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 2 (UPI) -- The Lebanese government hasn't done enough to prevent retaliatory attacks along the border with Syria, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
BAGHDAD, May 2 (UPI) -- April was the deadliest month in Iraq in about five years, with more than 700 people killed and another 1,600 wounded, the U.N. mission in Iraq said.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- The FBI said it was looking for information about three men seen on the grounds of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi at the time of a deadly September attack.
N'DJAMENA, Chad, May 2 (UPI) -- "Ill-intentioned individuals" tried to overthrow the government of Chadian President Idriss Deby, the government said Thursday.
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