ASSISI, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Pope Francis, speaking Friday in Assisi, Italy, called for "an end to armed conflicts, which cover the earth with blood."
TURIN, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Turin, Italy, newspaper La Stampa received a package containing explosive powder and video footage of people protesting a high-speed rail link, police said.
MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- All 30 Greenpeace activists detained in protests at a Russian oil rig pleaded not guilty to piracy charges, the Russian Investigative Committee said.
BACHEVSK, Ukraine, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- One person died and two were injured Friday when a suicide bomb exploded at a Russian-Ukraine border checkpoint, Ukrainian officials said.
AZAZ, Syria, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Rebel brigades in Syria said they are in the midst of an armed standoff with an al-Qaida affiliate group over control of a town near the Turkish border.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Russian woman whose alleged killing of a Libyan military officer led to a rush on the Russian Embassy in Tripoli was once a pro powerlifter, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, a former Islamic commander who brought al-Qaida leaders to Afghanistan, has registered to run for president, officials said.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Video from the Westgate Mall terrorist attack that killed 67 people last month in Nairobi, Kenya, showed some soldiers looting stores, officials said.
LAMPEDUSA, Italy, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The death toll from a migrants' boat that wrecked and burned off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa stood at 110 and could reach 300, authorities said Friday.
TOKYO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Japan and the United States announced plans to deploy a second TPY-2 long-range radar in Kyoto city for early detection of any North Korean ballistic missiles.
TOKYO, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The United States is ready for negotiations with North Korea provided the Communist country first agrees to denuclearize, Secretary of State John Kerry said.
LAMPEDUSA, Italy, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- At least 200 people are confirmed dead after a boat carrying asylum seekers from Africa wrecked Thursday near the Italian island of Lampedusa, officials said.
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The British Foreign Office responded Thursday to The Gambia's decision to quit the Commonwealth by saying it regrets any member's departure.
TORONTO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Canadian police say they have begun an investigation into suspected animal cruelty after the severed heads of six cats were found in public places.
TOKYO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A second U.S. Navy commander has been relieved of duty in a bribery scandal investigators charge involves prostitutes, luxury travel and government contracts.
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The leader of Greece's far-right political party, Golden Dawn, was denied bond Thursday on charges he was a member of a criminal organization, officials say.
ISLAMABAD, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's main opposition party, says he would agree to military action against the Taliban if peace talks with the militants fail.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Two children of a former Nigerian governor were among 15 people who died when a plane carrying their father's remains crashed Thursday in Lagos, officials said.
MANILA, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is among two dozen people charged Thursday with stealing nearly $21 million in public funds, officials say.
JUBA, South Sudan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Officials in South Sudan say they began peace talks with a militia leader aimed at ending a two-year-long conflict in which more than 100,000 people have died.
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Five Americans who were on a kayak trip in Tajikistan have gone missing, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said Thursday.
HELL-VILLE, Madagascar, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Two French men suspected of trying to traffic the organs of a slain child were tortured and killed Thursday on the Madagascar island of Nosy Be, police said.
PRETORIA, South Africa, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Experts were at paralympian Oscar Pistorius' home in Pretoria, South Africa, to help prepare a defense against charges he killed his girlfriend, police said.
ROUMIEH, Lebanon, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Police wardens in Lebanon said they arrested a police officer Thursday for trying to smuggle sandwiches filled with chemicals into a detention center.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Gunmen attacked the Russian Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, entering the facility before they were repelled Thursday, a Russian spokesman said.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush (C) points to the crowd as he stands on the first tee box at the 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on October 3, 2013. UPI/Brian Kersey
