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) -- 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) -- 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) -- 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.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Meta founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg bypassed Amazon's Jeff Bezos to become the world's second-richest billionaire with a fortune of about $211 billion.

Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Hezbollah's presumed new leader Hashem Safieddine is missing after Israel Defense Forces targeted him in an aerial strike on Wednesday.

Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Two versions of the Bible backed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump are the only ones that fit the specifications of bids for classroom holy books issued by the state of Oklahoma, a report indicated Friday.

Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The White House has announced its 2024 Fall Garden Tours for a weekend later this month. It's free and open to the public, but tickets are required.