WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is in a state of deep denial over the Kyrgyz Parliament's apparently imminent vote Friday to abrogate the Status of Armed Forces Agreement allowing the U.S. military to use Manas Air Base 17 miles from Bishkek in support of the administration's global war on terror. Energy issues have been a significant factor in the Kyrgyz government's decision to shutter the air base.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's claim that he got the U.S. government to abstain on a U.N. measure on the Gaza crisis was untrue, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Broader targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe's government could help remove President Robert Mugabe from power, the U.S. State Department said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. State Department officials Monday condemned Russia's decision to block extension of a 16-year-old international monitoring mission in Georgia.

MOSCOW, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Russia says it will move ahead with fuel oil shipments to North Korea despite a U.S. assertion that an embargo had been invoked.

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. government says it will stop providing fuel to North Korea after efforts to persuade the country to agree to a nuclear verification process collapsed.

WASHINGTON, Ill., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The United States and the United Arab Emirates are in discussions on a civilian nuclear technology deal, the U.S. State Department said Friday.

BEIJING, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Negotiators on North Korea's denuclearization ended four days of talks in Beijing without a deal on verification, raising doubts about the project's future.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a sit-down with her likely successor, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., during dinner at her home in Washington.