Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Scottish Prison System will not transfer any transgender prisoner with a history of violence toward women to a women's prison after a review over procedures last week.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Pope Francis on Sunday decried a recent surge in violence between Israel and Palestine while calling for peace in the Holy Land.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Ukraine is seeking a fleet of fighter jets to repel Russia and retake ground days after the United States and Germany agreed to send advanced tanks to the battlefield.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Turkish Foreign Ministry late Saturday issued a travel warning to its citizens planning to travel to the United States and Europe following protests against Turkey.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- North Korean officials refuted U.S. claims that the country is providing Russia with weapons and ammunition for its invasion of Ukraine, issuing an opaque warning to the United States.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday thanked hundreds of anti-abortion advocates who gathered in Austin to celebrate both last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Six people are dead and another three are injured after a box truck and a bus collided head-on in New York.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A Jewish family has filed a lawsuit against the Guggenheim Museum in New York City seeking the repatriation of an iconic painting by Pablo Picasso that they allege was sold to allow the family to escape Nazi Germany.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- More than 40 people were killed after a passenger bus crashed into a ravine in the Lasbela district in southern Pakistan on Sunday, officials said.

Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Israeli police on Sunday sealed off the home of a Palestinian man who is alleged to have killed seven people and wounded three others during a shooting outside of a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov area of East Jerusalem.