Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Australia announced Wednesday that it will add military assets to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz.

Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The United States' special envoy for North Korea said Wednesday he will not be serving as the top U.S. diplomat to Russia.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The High Court of Ireland moved Wednesday to block a planned strike by Ryanair pilots, granting an injunction to halt the work stoppage less than a day after it was set to begin.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- An Australian court rejected an appeal Wednesday for Catholic Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking member of the church to be convicted of a sex crime.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has postponed a trip to Denmark to meet with its prime minister, apparently because the Danish government won't sell Greenland to the United States.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- China has detained a British consulate employee who has been missing for almost two weeks, the country's foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Atlanta police said officers were investigating a shooting at Clark Atlanta University that left at least three people injured.

SEOUL/BEIJING, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan held bilateral talks in Beijing on Wednesday as Seoul is considering whether to renew a military information-sharing pact with Tokyo amid badly frayed relations.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Missouri and federal law enforcement agents arrested hundreds of repeat offenders during a U.S. Marshals' operation aimed at removing violent criminals from Kansas City streets, authorities said.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A Texas-based nonprofit organization contracted by the U.S. government to care and house unaccompanied migrant children failed to meet safety and cleanliness standards, according to a government watchdog report.