CALAIS, France, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A group of 60 Syrian nationals seeking asylum in Britain ended their protest in a French port after being denied passage, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The man who lit himself on fire on the National Mall in Washington has died of his injuries, police said.
SYDNEY, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- British Prince Harry was greeted by thousands of fans Saturday as he arrived in Sydney to take part in an Australian navy celebration.
CAIRO, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Four people have been killed and dozens injured in clashes during demonstrations across Egypt by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, officials say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Afghan officials in eastern Nangarhar province said five civilians, including three children, were killed by a NATO air strike.
MOSCOW, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Kremlin official chided the Netherlands Saturday for purportedly failing to take steps to rein in a ship belonging to the environmental group Greenpeace.
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- At least 15 Libyan soldiers were killed and five others were wounded Saturday in an attack on a military checkpoint southeast of Tripoli, Libya, officials said.
SEBESTIA, West Bank, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Two West Bank border crossing guards were injured Saturday, neither seriously, when a car sped through a checkpoint ant hit them, officials said.
MOSCOW, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- One person was killed and 12 injured after a fire in a high-rise apartment building in Moscow Saturday, emergency officials said.
FLORENCE, Italy, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A previously discredited mafia convict testified again in the Italian retrial of Amanda Knox and her ex-lover, saying Meredith Kercher's murder was mob-related.
LAMPEDUSA, India, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Rescuers attempting to save migrants whose boat sank off the coast of an Italian island say they have given up hope of finding anyone else alive.
BALI, Indonesia, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday the U.S. government shutdown due to "political silliness" put's the nation's global reputation is at risk.
NADOR, Morocco, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A teenage couple in Morocco were arrested after a picture of them kissing outside their high school wound up in the newspaper, a human rights activist said.
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority security forces have been carrying out a series of raids in refugee camps in the Jenin area aimed at extremist groups, officials said.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's approval rating has fallen 3 points since the federal government shutdown, to one of the lowest levels in two years, a poll found.
