MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Russian has banned Swedish couples from adopting Russian children over legalized same-sex marriage in Sweden.
HANOI, Vietnam, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Vietnamese Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, known for his defeat of French troops at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam, passed away Friday at the age of 102.
MOMBASA, Kenya, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Kenyan police said they were involved in running battles with rioters Friday after a militant Muslim cleric and three other men were shot dead in Mombasa.
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.
