WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush called Egypt's president to express sympathy for a civilian's death in the Suez Canal shooting incident, the White House said.

WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Washington to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the administration said.

MIAMI, March 12 (UPI) -- U.S. sanctions against Venezuela over its alleged support of a leftist Colombian rebel group would cripple its oil industry and cause a worldwide spike in already record-high oil prices, experts say.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 3 (UPI) -- A "known al-Qaida terrorist" in southern Somalia was the target of a U.S. airstrike, which injured eight people, a Pentagon official said Monday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- White House Deputy Press Secretary Gordon Johndroe's briefing to reporters in Washington was cut short Friday by a false fire alarm.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say a disabled American spy satellite is plummeting toward Earth and will likely hit by late February or early March.

VIENNA, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The United Nations' nuclear watchdog reached an agreement with Iran to settle remaining issues concerning Iran's nuclear program.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Pakistani police effectively shut down a planned rally Friday in Rawalpindi by choking off access to the city and detaining leader Benazir Bhutto in her home.

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- The expulsion of a U.N. diplomat by officials in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been condemned by the United States.