THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Kenyan journalist Walter Osapiri Barasa for attempting to influence witnesses, prosecutors said.
MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- There have been 12 cases of sexual assault at Munich's Oktoberfest so far, up from six at this time last year, police said.
GIRONA, Spain, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A pregnant British woman died unexpectedly at a Spanish airport, authorities said, and the incident could lead to charges.
MADRID, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The epicenter of almost 150 earthquakes in Spain's Gulf of Valencia in the last 10 days is near a recently started gas-drilling platform, officials say.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The bodies of two Kenyan soldiers were retrieved from the rubble at the upscale mall in Nairobi as investigators work to learn more about the attackers.
QUIJORNA, Spain, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The mayor of Quijorna, Spain, gave organizers approval to hold a Nazi and fascist memorabilia market at a school gym, lawmakers said.
CAIRO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- European Union foreign policy leader Catherine Ashton visited Cairo to try to reconcile the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's interim government, officials said.
KRASNOYARSK, Russia, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A former Russian airline pilot, Nikolai Kozlov, was sentenced Wednesday to 4 1/2 years in prison for a 2010 crash that killed 12 people, court officials said.
UNTERBREIZBACH, Germany, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- German officials were investigating a potash mine in the eastern part of the country after three workers died of inhaling carbon dioxide, authorities said.
MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- At least five Greenpeace activists detained in protests at a Russian oil rig were charged with piracy, the Russian Investigative Committee said Wednesday.
TORONTO, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A man described as an occasional driver for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was arrested for an undisclosed reason by city police, The Globe and Mail reported.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A member of the Afghan army allegedly responsible for killing three Australian soldiers last year was arrested, an Australian official said Wednesday.
THANDWE, Myanmar, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Violence-torn Thandwe in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state was under curfew after days of violence forced President Thein Sein to cancel a trip to the town.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Turkish authorities committed human rights violations while trying to crush the Gezi Park protests this summer, Amnesty International said.
AMMAN, Jordan, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- President Bashar Assad will never give up his chemical stockpile or reveal where the deadly agents are, a Syrian general who defected warned.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority's Supreme Fatwa Council said Tuesday online dating is OK -- but only for the purpose of marriage.
TAISHAN, China, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Rescuers were searching Wednesday for 58 fishermen still missing two days after Typhoon Wutip sank three fishing boats near the Xisha Islands, officials said.
HOUSHAN, China, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- More than 200 rescuers searched Wednesday for 16 Chinese construction workers missing after a building where they were sleeping collapsed, officials said.
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- South Korea and the United States Wednesday announced a new joint strategy to deal with nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction threats from North Korea.
MOSCOW, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Russian advocacy group nominated President Vladimir Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize for his bid to dismantle Syria's chemical arms stockpile, the group said.
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The United States will fulfill its security missions both at home and abroad despite the government shutdown, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. tourist last seen Sept. 10 beginning a trek through the Icelandic highlands is believed to be dead, police say.
MULTAN, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A Muslim cleric was arrested after a gravedigger spotted him in a cemetery allegedly trying to rape a 3-year-old girl, Pakistani police said.
REYNOSA, Mexico, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Mexican police said they've rescued 73 people who had been kidnapped and were being kept in a house where they were held for ransom.
MALMO, Sweden, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Swedish police are calling on witnesses to a race-related beating of a black father and toddler to come forward with video evidence of the incident.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
