Border agents find another underground cross-border tunnel

U.S. and Mexican authorities closely examining the ground along the border fence in Arizona found yet another cross-border tunnel.

'Panic and terror:' San Francisco tourists document deadly volcano eruption

Michael Schade wrote that he and his family, along with his entire tour group, was “literally standing at the edge of the main crater not 30 minutes before” the White Island Volcano erupted.

North Korea opens ski resort, spa in tourism push

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opened a new mountain spa and ski resort that's intended for people to enjoy “high civilization under socialism” in another example of the country using tourism exemptions in sanctions to build revenue for its broken economy.

Trump, Democrats in tentative deal on North American trade pact

(AP) -- House Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders and the White House over a rewrite of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal that has been a top priority for President Donald Trump.

Foreign basketball player fined for ignoring Chinese national anthem

China's professional basketball association fined one of its foreign players on Monday for not paying sufficient attention during the pre-game playing of the country's national anthem.

Hong Kong protests mark 6-month mark with massive rally

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators crammed into Hong Kong's streets, their chants echoing off high-rises, in a mass show of support for the protest movement entering its seventh month.

North Korea says it carried out 'very important test' at long-range rocket launch site

North Korea said Sunday it carried out a "very important test" at its long-range rocket launch site that U.S. and South Korean officials said the North had partially dismantled as part of denuclearization steps.

Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? A Princeton scholar held for three years in Iran on widely criticized espionage charges was freed Saturday as part of a prisoner exchange that saw America release a detained Iranian scientist, a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.

Iran frees Princeton grad student for US-held scientist

Iran and the U.S. conducted a prisoner exchange Saturday that saw a detained Princeton scholar released for an Iranian scientist held by America, a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington.

Wreck of German WWI battlecruiser discovered off Falkland Islands in ‘major breakthrough’

The wreck of an armored German battlecruiser used during World War I has been discovered off the Falkland Islands, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced on Thursday, calling it “a major breakthrough.” 

Bishop charged with embezzling 6-figure sum

German prosecutors have charged a Catholic bishop with embezzlement after he allegedly took a six-figure sum from an elderly parishioner to buy himself a property.

Ukrainian gas chief, Andriy Kobolyev, meets with prosecutors probing Giuliani

Andriy Kobolyev met voluntarily with representatives of the Justice Department, according lawyer Lanny Breuer, who represents the chief executive officer of Naftogaz, Ukraine's biggest natural gas provider.

Strikes and fiery protests close Eiffel Tower, shut transit in Paris

Protests unfolded in Paris as labor unions went on strike. The iconic tourist attraction the Eiffel Tower was closed. More than two-thirds of schoolteachers went on strike.

Hospital saves woman after 6-hour heart stop

A 34-year-old British woman has been revived by Spanish doctors after enduring a six-hour cardiac arrest.

North Korea threatens to resume calling Trump a ‘dotard’

North Korea threatened Thursday to resume insults of U.S. President Donald Trump and consider him a “dotard” if he keeps using provocative language, such as referring to its leader as “rocket man.”

North Korea says it's up to US to choose 'Christmas gift'

North Korea says the Trump administration is running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiations, and that it’s entirely up to the U.S. to choose what "Christmas gift" it wants.