NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The links between al-Qaida and the Taliban are strong even though their objectives are different, says a U.N. expert on terrorism.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Despite ongoing jurisdiction challenges, a top U.N. official said Thursday in New York that sanctions are an effective measure to prevent terrorism.

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Defeating al-Qaida as it continues to fortify operations along the Afghan-Pakistan border will come from undermining its local base, a top U.N. official says.

CHICAGO, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Women living in Chicago's gentrifying neighborhoods are more apt to receive a late breast cancer diagnosis than those in poorer neighborhoods, a study says.

JENA, La., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Protesters with the Nationalist Movement said they "will be armed" during marches in Louisiana protesting Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The Mississippi Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a white supremacist group challenging the exoneration of a man wrongly imprisoned during the 1960s.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Richard Barrett, who produced and managed 1950s New York Rhythm & Blues music and made stars of the Chantels and Frankie Lymon, has died at age 73.