Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced new plans to build close to 1,000 new settlements in the occupied West Bank -- a highly contentious issue that is expected to meet U.S. opposition.

Jan. 11 (UPI) -- President Moon Jae-in pledged to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to all South Korean citizens free of charge beginning in February.

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was elected general secretary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, state media reported Monday, receiving a title that had been held by his deceased father and grandfather.

Jan. 10 (UPI) -- More than one year after COVID-19 first surfaced in Mainland China, the pandemic has been accelerating worldwide to more than 1.9 million deaths and nearly 90 million cases despite restrictions and vaccines' development.

Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Human remains and debris from the crashed Indonesian Boeing 737 jet carrying 62 people have been found, authorities said Sunday.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Deutsche Bank has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors under which it will pay more than $100 million in penalties after allegedly violating anti-bribery laws.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Three people died Friday in an avalanche that hit a ski resort near the city of Norilisk in arctic Russia, according to authorities.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A failure in Pakistan's national power grid left more than 200 million people without electricity Saturday, local officials said.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Japan reported a record number of single-day COVID-19 cases for the fourth-straight day Saturday.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- A winter storm descended on the Iberian Peninsula dumping a foot and a half of snow in some areas and killing at least three people by Saturday, Spanish officials said.

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- An Indonesian plane carrying more than 60 people crashed Saturday shortly after takeoff.