Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida on Saturday fired his executive secretary, Masoyoshi Arai, over remarks denounced as homophobic.

Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Families of the Halloween crowd rush victims in Seoul's Itaewon district marched Saturday to demand that an independent body be created to investigate the incident.

Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Israeli military forces raided a refugee camp near the city of Jericho on the West Bank Saturday, leading to a clash with several Palestinians that resulted in multiple arrests and injuries.

Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Russia and Ukraine on Saturday completed a prisoner exchange in which 116 Ukrainians were returned to Kyiv while the bodies of two slain foreign civilian aid workers were also repatriated.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Authorities in California on Friday announced the arrests of two men who are accused killing six people in an execution-style massacre last month.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The FBI's Charlotte Field Office is offering rewards of up to $25,000 for information in two separate investigations of shooting incidents at electrical substations in North Carolina.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The Treasury Department announced sanctions on Friday against the directors of an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer for providing aerial support to Russia for its invasion against Ukraine.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Defense said Friday Ukraine will get another $2.4 billion in U.S. military aid to further bolster its defense against the Russian invasion.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday announced major initiatives to enhance school meals nutrition, including $100 million to improve nutritional quality and updating meal nutrition standards.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The United States Treasury Department updated the vehicle classification standard, which is used to determine which vehicles qualify for tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act.