Sept. 14 (UPI) -- At least 15 people were killed and 40 more seriously burned in an explosion of a gasoline tanker in Haiti, the Caribbean nation's prime minister said Saturday.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Heavy rainfall in central and eastern Europe killed at least four and damaged thousands of homes while forcing many to evacuate as a storm system slowly moves across the region.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Favorable weather and unstinting efforts by firefighters are helping to bring a trio of destructive wildfires in California under control, state and local officials said Saturday.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- At least three died including two children, and at least 47 were injured with two passengers trains collided in the Nile Delta area of Egypt Saturday.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A close contact of a Missouri resident identified as having a human case of the H5N1 avian flu also became sick around the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Three Americans are facing death sentences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they are charged with trying to help overthrow that country's president.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris spoke to donors and honored Black leaders in Washington, her running mate Tim Walz held rally in Wisconsin and GOP nominee Donald Trump participated in fundraiser in Utah.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Former President Donald Trump's campaign is now selling T-shirts that appear to be inspired by Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday said Kyiv could be reduced to a "giant melted spot" if Western nationals allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to attack Russia.

Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Adams County (Colo.) Judge Mark Warner vacated former paramedic Peter Cichuniec's five-year prison sentence in Elijah McClain's death and changed it to four years of probation over prosecutors' objections.