CAIRO, July 22 (UPI) -- The family of ousted President Mohamed Morsi Monday denounced the fallen president's detention, accusing the army of taking and holding him against his will.
KAESONG, North Korea, July 22 (UPI) -- Delegates from North and South Korea failed again Monday to agree on ways to prevent future shutdowns of a jointly operated factory park.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 22 (UPI) -- Members of the Afghan Parliament fired the country's interior minister Monday over growing corruption and insecurity in the country, officials say.
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22 (UPI) -- Pope Francis, saying he was "full of joy," flew to Brazil for a weeklong visit church leaders said they hope will slow the an exodus of people from the church.
BRUSSELS, July 22 (UPI) -- The European Union's 28 foreign ministers voted to add the military unit of the militant Hezbollah to a list of terrorist organizations Monday.
TULA, Russia, July 22 (UPI) -- Vyacheslav Dudka, the former governor of Russia's Tula region, was sentenced Monday to 9 1/2 years in prison for accepting a $1.2 million bribe.
BEIJING, July 22 (UPI) -- A 6.6-magnitude earthquake in China's Gansu province Monday killed at least 75 people, injured hundreds and caused major damage, authorities said.
BAGHDAD, July 22 (UPI) -- Thirteen people died Monday when a suicide bomber drove into an army patrol in Mosul, Iraq, a security source said.
DAMASCUS, Syria, July 22 (UPI) -- A political solution is the only way to settle the crisis in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- The executive editor of Britain's largest-circulation newspaper, The Sun, pleaded not guilty Monday to misconduct for allegedly approving payment for stories.
LONDON, July 22 (UPI) -- Internet providers in Britain must automatically block pornography unless their customers specifically request otherwise, Prime Minister David Cameron said.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 22 (UPI) -- A Norwegian woman sentenced to prison after reporting she was raped in Dubai was pardoned by Dubai's ruler, Norway's Foreign Ministry said Monday.
TEL AVIV, Israel, July 22 (UPI) -- Israel is planning to build 5,170 housing units in West Bank settlements but should discard the plans and 'truly give peace a chance,' a Peace Now report says.
TOKYO, July 22 (UPI) -- A big upper house election win considerably strengthens Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition, which now controls both Parliament chambers.
JERUSALEM, July 22 (UPI) -- Israel's Cabinet will be asked to vote on the release of about 82 Palestinian prisoners as part of a U.S. plan to renew Mideast peace talks, officials said.