NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Saudi government has not done enough to address fair treatment for the minority Shiite Muslim community, Human Right Watch said.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Shiite Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council unanimously elected Ammar al-Hakim as its next leader Tuesday, succeeding his late father at the influential post.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009.

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 13 (UPI) -- Four Afghans were killed in Afghanistan by a suicide bomber driving a truck into a hotel parking lot used by NATO forces, officials said.

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 14 (UPI) -- A young Afghan woman who disobeyed her parents' wishes by running away with the man she chose was shot by the Taliban with her lover, officials say.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has now lasted three weeks and looks certain to go well into its fourth. The Israeli army is performing highly effectively on the ground, but it risks losing far more than it has gained because of the growing credibility Hamas is winning on the West Bank.

AMMAN, Jordan, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Interior ministers from eight of Iraq's neighbors wrapped up a meeting in Jordan pledging support for Iraq's government and security in the region.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabian officials said Tuesday they indicted nearly 1,000 suspected militants, saying the country was a target for an organized terror campaign.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Malaysian military officials say they are ready to help, but have not been asked to do so, in the seizure of two ships by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.