April 20 (UPI) -- Firefighters extinguished small fires around Place de la Republique set by Yellow Vests protesters demonstrating against high taxes and economic equality.

April 20 (UPI) -- Armed gunmen allegedly attacked a private party at a restaurant in Minatitlan, Mexico, killing 13 people but the motive remains a mystery.

April 20 (UPI) -- Eleven people died in an explosion and the ensuing gunfight at Afghanistan's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Kabul on Saturday.

April 20 (UPI) -- Northern Ireland police announced Saturday that it arrested two teenagers in connection with Thursday night's shooting death of investigative journalist Lyra McKee in Derry.

April 20 (UPI) -- The 5-year-old boy is "showing real signs of recovery" one week after being thrown from the third floor of at the Mall of America in Minnesota, according the family.

April 19 (UPI) -- The iconic Salt Lake Temple, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is expected to close for four years to undergo renovations, church officials announced Friday.

April 19 (UPI) -- Maryland's highest court on Friday declined to reconsider its decision not to allow a new trial for "Serial" podcast subject Adnan Syed, whose lawyers said they now plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- With American-born children living in Mexico, both countries are making efforts to ensure they are documented and have access to education and social services.

April 19 (UPI) -- A California judge on Friday sentenced two parents to 25 years to life in prison for holding 12 of their 13 children captive and abusing some of them.

April 19 (UPI) -- French Yellow Vest protesters -- some angered by hundreds of millions of dollars in donations made toward rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral -- plan to demonstrate this weekend.