TEL AVIV, Israel, May 9 (UPI) -- Of the 172 Palestinians killed in last year's Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, at least 87 weren't involved in hostilities, a report found.
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 9 (UPI) -- A Russian deal to sell advanced anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria is imminent, information relayed to the United States by Israel indicated.
VATICAN CITY, May 9 (UPI) -- Pope Francis told a gathering of hundreds of nun leaders from around the world the job of a nun is to be a spiritual mother, not an "old maid."
ROME, May 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Israeli-Palestinian peace had an urgent, new opportunity to make headway, and he intended to take advantage of it.
BELAYA KALITVA, Russia, May 9 (UPI) -- A freight train with 50 tankers carrying fuel derailed Thursday in southern Russia, setting off a huge fire that left one person missing and 27 injured.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 9 (UPI) -- A clothing factory fire killed seven people in Bangladesh where rescuers are still counting the dead from the recent building collapse disaster, officials said.
TROON, Scotland, May 9 (UPI) -- A 55-year-old Scottish teacher made port Wednesday in Troon, becoming the first deaf person to sail solo around the world.
NEW DELHI, May 8 (UPI) -- A crowded passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged into a river in northern India, killing more than 30 passengers and injuring several more, police said.
MANCHESTER, England, May 8 (UPI) -- A man who did odd jobs for a widower in northern England admitted Wednesday he ambushed Vincent Kershaw in his home and beat him to death.
LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- Boris Berezovsky, the combative Russian tycoon who died in late March in an apparent suicide, was quietly laid to rest Wednesday in a London suburb.
TORONTO, May 8 (UPI) -- A Canadian teacher who posted graphic sexual pamphlets on a school bulletin board has been removed from the classroom, Ontario education officials say.
BANGKOK, May 8 (UPI) -- A hacker who invaded Yingluck Shinawatra's website posted a message Wednesday in which she described herself as Thailand's worst prime minister ever.
MOSCOW, May 8 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order Wednesday dismissing Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, who was in charge of economic modernization.
OTTAWA, May 8 (UPI) -- A suspicious package that turned up at Canada's National Defense Department headquarters contained elements consistent with a bomb, X-rays indicated.
ZADAR, Croatia, May 8 (UPI) -- The work of finding Serbian victims of the Croatian War of Independence continues, with 56 bodies exhumed in a Zadar cemetery.
LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- The British government outlined plans Wednesday to crack down on illegal immigration and to ease deportations of immigrants who commit crimes.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 8 (UPI) -- Massive efforts are under way in Saudi Arabia to find three people missing in heavy rains and floods in which at least 25 people have died, officials say.
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 8 (UPI) -- An optic cable malfunction in Syria caused a 24-hour outage affecting Internet access, the state-run news service said Wednesday.
SEOUL, May 8 (UPI) -- South Korean shutterbugs appear to have inadvertently tipped off North Korea to the presence of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the region, military officials say.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, May 8 (UPI) -- Two women in Cambodia charged with procuring prostitutes repeatedly sewed a teenage girl's vagina so she could be sold as a virgin, officials say.
ESLOV, Sweden, May 8 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old boy whose father forgot to drop him off at day care was found dead in a hot car, police in Sweden said Wednesday.
CAIRO, May 8 (UPI) -- An Egyptian court upheld Wednesday the acquittals of 25 Mubarak-era officials accused of killing and injuring protesters during a 2011 attack in Tahrir Square.
CAIRO, May 8 (UPI) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will remain in detention for an additional 15 days over graft charges, Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority said Wednesday.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, May 8 (UPI) -- Police arrested a man in the stabbing of the imam of the mosque at American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, Gulf News reported Wednesday.
Jodi Arias (R) reacts as she hears the verdict of guilty of first degree murder after a four month trial in Phoenix, Arizona, May 8, 2013. Arias was convicted of murdering her lover Travis Alexander in Tempe, Arizona in June of 2008. UPI// Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic/Pool
