Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The United Nations Command in South Korea made direct working-level contact with North Korea at Panmunjom on Tuesday.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Chinese state media welcomed the inter-Korea decision to hold the next leaders' summit in Pyongyang in September.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Norway's top fisheries minister resigned Monday after he admitted to breaching security protocol while visiting Iran with his Iranian-born girlfriend.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- North Korea's top university is building a high-tech development center, according to Pyongyang's state media.

Aug. 14 (UPI) -- North Dakota will vote on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use after a measure was approved for the November ballot on Monday.

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A Utah man is dead after flew a plane into his own home while his wife and son were there after he was arrested for a domestic violence incident.

Few Americans know that inactivity can increase the risk of colon, breast and other types of cancer, a new study finds.

If pressed, young adults will put their parents ahead of their close friends, a new study shows.

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A former ICE agent was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for a scheme that involved charging immigrants facing deportation for deferrals.

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Sheriff's officials in Minnesota rescued a group stranded in a local lake a floating, inflatable unicorn.