Oct. 5 (UPI) -- An about 20% rise in the global price of a barrel of oil is predicted if Israel launches missile attacks against Iranian oil fields.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The United States and Britain conducted joint naval and air strikes against 15 Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson were injured in a street confrontation in New York City late on Friday, the governor's spokesperson said. 

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Russia plans to remove Afghanistan's governing Taliban government from its list of designated terrorist organizations, the Russian state-run TASS News Agency reported.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Torrential rains triggered flooding and landslides that claimed at least 21 lives in central Bosnia-and Herzegovina on Friday.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump returned to the scene of the July 13 assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pa., on Saturday while Democratic opponent Kamala Harris traveled to North Carolina.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A man convicted of shooting two Idaho corrections officers while helping a prisoner make a daring escape received a sentence of life in prison this week.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Thousands of Israelis are marking the one-year anniversary of last year's deadly attack by the militant group Hamas near the border with Gaza that saw around 1,200 people killed and over 200 taken hostage.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Hurricane Helene disaster relief can't wait until the nation's lawmakers get back to work in November, President Joe Biden said in a letter to congressional leaders Friday.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans already in the United States will not have their temporary legal status extended, the White House confirmed this week.