Two artificial intelligence leaders win physics Nobel Prize
Professor Anders Irback speaks at a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences after announcing the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in…
Kim Jong Un threatens to use nuclear weapons against U.S., South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned the United States and South Korea that any attack would be met with a nuclear response, state media…
Israel begins ‘targeted’ ground operations in southern Lebanon
Photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows Israeli soldiers preparing to enter southern Lebanon. Photo by the Israel Defense Forces Oct. 8 (UPI) --…
State Dept.: 900 Americans have fled Lebanon on U.S.-organized flights
Lebanese people view the capitol city of Beirut from a high vantage point as smoke rises from between the buildings after Israeli airstrikes on Monday,…
Russia sentences 72-year-old Michigan man to nearly 7 years in prison
Russian officials on Monday said it has sentenced Michigan resident Stephen James Hubbard, 72, to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a Ukrainian…
Two U.S. scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine, physiology for discovery of microRNA
Molecular biologist Gary Bruce Ruvkun, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize awarded in physiology or medicine for his work on the discovery of MicroRNA, poses for…
Hamas hostage Idan Shtivi confirmed killed in Oct. 7 attack on Israel music festival
Idan Shativ was killed Oct. 7, 2023, during Hamas' attack on the Nova music festival. Some 1,200 Israelis were killed that day, in the attack…
Tropical Storm Milton forms in Gulf; Florida threatened again
1 of 3 | Tropical Storm Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to impact Florida as a hurricane. Satellite image courtesy…
Zuckerberg passes Bezos to become world’s second-richest billionaire
CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg participates in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis" at the U.S.…
U.S., Britain strike Houthi targets in Yemen
Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The United States and Britain conducted joint naval and air strikes against 15 Houthi targets in Yemen. The joint operation Friday…
Hurricanes Kirk, Leslie moving in the Atlantic Ocean
Two hurricanes are churning with no threat to land in the Atlantic Ocean: Kirk, a Category 3 storm, and Leslie, which became a hurricane late…
Canadian airlines lose Supreme Court challenge, must compensate flyers
1 of 3 | Airlines operating in Canada must offer passengers standardized compensation for canceled international flights within the companies’ control, the country’s highest court…
EU rules police can access cell data for minor crimes
1 of 3 | Police in European Union countries may access the phones and data of people not accused of committing serious crimes, the EU…
Border Patrol apprehends 64 Haitian migrants abandoned by their smugglers
Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Border Patrol Agents apprehended 64 Haitian migrants who were abandoned by a smuggling organization on Mona Island in Puerto Rico,…
United Kingdom reaches deal to cede Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius
A group of Chagossians demand a return to their former home of Diego Garcia as they attend a mass hosted by Pope Francis in Port…
NATO chief Mark Rutte says Ukraine’s membership path is ‘irreversible’
New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Thursday where he said that Kyiv's path to join the military alliance is…
Two suspected German cases of deadly Marburg virus test negative in Hamburg
A man is seen boarding a train at the central railway station of Hamburg, Germany in May 2015. Two people suspected of having the potentially…
Cruise ship stranded on Northern Ireland coast for months expected to finally set sail
An original May 30 embark date was pushed after needed repairs left 125 ship passengers stranded in Belfast, Ireland over the summer where it has…
Greenland judge extends detention of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson until late October
A Greenland judge on Wednesday ordered Paul Watson to remain detained until Oct. 23. File Photo by Florian Schuh/EPA Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A court…
Danish police investigate explosions near Israel’s embassy in Copenhagen
Soldiers inspect the site of two explosions near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday. Police are conducting initial investigations at the scene of…