MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Somali pirates demanded $25 million in ransom for the hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker Sirius Star and set a 10-day deadline, authorities said Thursday.

KHARTOUM, Sudan, June 5 (UPI) -- The International Criminal Court's lead prosecutor says he will name Sudanese leaders he says were involved in violence against citizens in the Darfur region.

LONDON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A British woman jailed after her students in Sudan nicknamed a teddy bear Mohamed said she plans to continue teaching abroad -- this time in China.

PENANG, Malaysia, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Fifteen international jumpers dove off the top of the Tun Abdul Razak Complex in Penang, Malaysia, Sunday.

VIENNA, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Iran can soon expect a visit from a U.N. nuclear watchdog team, says Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of International Atomic Energy Agency.

MIAMI, May 14 (UPI) -- Three Islamic institutions in south Florida have been targeted for threats and vandalism since the beheading of an American in Iraq.

LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI) -- An aggrieved man from Tanzania has been charged by the FBI in Los Angeles with perpetrating a shopping mall bomb hoax.

SINGAPORE, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The overcrowded Malaysian mobile telecom sector is headed for a consolidation ahead of a launch of third generation mobile technology. Or so wishes the government. But the five mobile companies involved appear to be reluctant to move in that direction

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Despite facing a challenging environment, the Malaysian economy remained resilient last year and further improvements on the growth front are in the cards.