Aug. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump has said his Middle East peace plan will not be fully released until after Israeli elections next month.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with French and German leaders this week to negotiate a plan so Britain can leave the European Union with a deal in place before the Oct. 31 deadline.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Responding to a weekend attack that killed at least 63 people, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani promised Monday to root out the Islamic State terror group from its hideouts and blamed the Taliban for supporting terror.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Protests that erupted in West Papua over the weekend turned violent Monday when demonstrators set fire to a parliament building and local stores in anger against alleged police brutality committed against ethnic Papuans.

SEOUL, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- President Moon Jae-in called on North Korea and the United States on Monday to seize the current opportunity to achieve denuclearization and lasting peace.

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Border agents seized nearly 4 tons of marijuana in a shipment of jalapeño peppers at the U.S-Mexico border, according to authorities.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Ohio police arrested a self-identified white nationalist over the weekend in possession of a cache of weaponry after he made threats against a Jewish community center, authorities said.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released a plan to "reform America's dysfunctional criminal justice system" on Sunday.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow and trade adviser Peter Navarro dismissed concerns about a recession Sunday after markets plummeted on Wednesday but bounced back by the week's end.

Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Gibraltar authorities released an Iranian oil tanker seized by Britain over 40 days ago after rejecting a request by the United States to continue detaining the vessel.