LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking pulled out of the President's Conference in Jerusalem, joining the academic boycott against Israel.
TOKYO, May 8 (UPI) -- The cleanup effort in Japan's earthquake-hit Fukushima prefecture is being delayed by the unresolved nuclear crisis there, the government said.
DUBLIN, Ireland, May 8 (UPI) -- Irish soldiers who left their country's military to fight in the British army during World War II may soon be getting a belated pardon.
ALREWAS, England, May 8 (UPI) -- A monument honoring the "Bevin Boys" who worked in British coal mines during World War II was unveiled Tuesday at the National Memorial Arboretum.
LONDON, May 8 (UPI) -- A pint at the local pub may be a time-honored British tradition, but the Campaign for Real Ale said the number of pubs closing jumped in the past six months.
PETERBOROUGH, England, May 8 (UPI) -- A woman was charged Tuesday with killing three men whose bodies, dead from stab wounds, were found in ditches in eastern England.
BEIJING, May 7 (UPI) -- Chinese military experts expressed strong objections to a Pentagon report about Beijing conducting cyberattacks against the United States.
LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud said Tuesday his country's stability is critical to the region as he asked donors for help at a London conference.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, May 7 (UPI) -- U.S. businessman and philanthropist Ronald Lauder has been elected to another term as president of the World Jewish Congress.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 7 (UPI) -- A New Zealand man was sentenced to at least 20 years in prison for multiple acts of pedophilia prosecutors said were some of the worst they'd ever seen.
PERM, Russia, May 7 (UPI) -- The owners of a Russian night club where 165 people died in a fire were sentenced to prison while others associated with the case were also convicted.
SAN ANDRES, Colombia, May 7 (UPI) -- Three women, dressed in nuns' habits, were arrested on the Colombian island of San Andres as they attempted to smuggle cocaine under the clothing, police said.
HANGU, Pakistan, May 7 (UPI) -- At least 12 people died in a bomb blast at a market in Hangu, Pakistan, Tuesday just before a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam candidate's political event, police said.
MOSCOW, May 7 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Moscow Tuesday and said he hopes to meet with President Obama soon.
MEXICO CITY, May 7 (UPI) -- At least 13 people were killed, and at least as many more injured, Tuesday when a speeding tanker truck crashed and exploded near Mexico City, officials say.
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, May 7 (UPI) -- A drug dealer killed the sons of two Mexican journalists over a $10,000 debt for drugs, Cesar Duarte, governor of Chihuahua state, said.
BENTIU, South Sudan, May 7 (UPI) -- Twenty-seven children were removed from a South Sudan army base under a series of agreements between the military and the United Nations, authorities said.
LONDON, May 7 (UPI) -- Queen Elizabeth II will miss the British Commonwealth head of government meeting this year for the first time since 1973, Buckingham Palace said.
VASTERAS, Sweden, May 7 (UPI) -- The stolen burial regalia of a 16th century Swedish king was found in two garbage bags on the side of a highway near Vasteras, authorities said.
MALMO, Sweden, May 7 (UPI) -- A Swedish appeals court reduced the prison sentence for a teenage boy found guilty of fatally stabbing his sister for fleeing a forced marriage in Iraq.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 7 (UPI) -- Crews performed the grim task of pulling bodies from the debris of a building collapse in Bangladesh, where an official said Tuesday the death toll topped 700.
Beyonce arrives on the red carpet at the Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
