March 31 (UPI) -- An Italian Navy captain has been detained and two Russian diplomats were expelled from Italy following reports of an interrupted spy exchange.

March 31 (UPI) -- North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear research center is showing signs of activity after the launch of two short-range ballistic missiles last week.

March 31 (UPI) -- Investigators said Wednesday they have found the second "black box" from an Indonesian airliner that crashed weeks ago and killed more than 60 people.

March 31 (UPI) -- Police in Indonesia gunned down an armed assailant who attempted to storm the national police headquarters in Jakarta.

March 31 (UPI) -- Governments should enact strong policies to discourage drivers from buying gas-guzzling vehicles if countries intend to meet the goals of controlling climate change, one of the world's leading energy economists says.

March 31 (UPI) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused U.S. President Joe Biden Wednesday of carrying out similar policies of former President Donald Trump and has shown "no serious efforts" to rejoin the landmark 2015 nuclear deal.

March 31 (UPI) -- If you have ever wanted to escape to your own private tropical island, here's your chance. St. Andrews, a 730-acre private island in the Bahamas, will be sold to the highest bidder when an auction finishes on Wednesday.

March 31 (UPI) -- German health officials restricted the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to those over the age of 60 due to concerns of rare yet severe cases of blood clots in younger people who had received the shot.