Japan is closely monitoring the risk of a potential blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as tensions surrounding Iran intensify, ...

President called on N. Korea to return to talks and pledged not to pursue "absorption unification," marking 107th anniversary ...

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok ordered an emergency, government-wide response to escalating instability in the Middle East ...

The family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her consent as she battled cervical cancer, settled a lawsuit ...

Thousands of S. Koreans gathered in central Seoul on Sunday to call for peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula and ...

March 1 (UPI) -- Some 22 people were killed amid anti-U.S. protests in Pakistan Sunday, following the U.S.-Israeli offensive ...

The Israeli military was attacking Hezbollah targets in neighboring Lebanon, amid worries that its war with the United States against Iran may escalate and spill across the region.

Three people were killed and at least 14 others were injured in a mass shooting overnight at a bar in downtown Austin, Texas ...

S. Korea's National Assembly passed a bill nearly doubling the number of Supreme Court justices from 14 to 26, marking significant structural change ...

Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Bill Duke was feted on his birthday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actor, 83, was honored ...

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that execution of juvenile offenders is unconstitutional. In 2011, the U.S. Interior ...

S. Korean companies with operations in the Middle East moved into emergency response mode Saturday after the reported death of Iran's Supreme Leader.