BRISBANE, Australia, March 21 (UPI) -- Cyclone Ului's powerful winds blacked out power to 60,000 homes, Australian officials in Queensland said Sunday.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, March 21 (UPI) -- Pakistani security forces killed at least seven militants Sunday in an offensive targeting hideouts in the Orakzai tribal region, ... more

BEIJING, March 21 (UPI) -- An International Monetary Fund official says the world's top economies, including the United States, need to rein in public indebtedness.

JERUSALEM, March 21 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday refused to budge from plans to build housing units in East Jerusalem despite intense ... more

WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- Two black U.S. congressmen say Capitol Hill protesters fighting healthcare reform hurled racial slurs and another lawmaker said somebody spit ... more

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, March 21 (UPI) -- The first eruption of a volcano in southern Iceland since the 1820s forced the evacuation of 450 people, authorities ... more