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Drone finds Chinese fugitive on the run for 17 years

Police said isolation had "devastated" the convicted people trafficker who had not taken a bath or done laundry in a "long time."

USA

Conservatives surge in Austria as voters punish scandal-hit far-right party

Voters' top concern is the environment, which helped lift the Greens to a record 14 percent from less than 4 percent in 2017.

USA

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off Chilean coast

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 40 miles west-southwest of the city of Constitucion and about 225 miles south of Santiago.

USA

More violence grips Hong Kong ahead of China's National Day

Protesters are planning to march again Tuesday despite a ban, raising fears of more violent confrontations that could embarrass China as the ruling Communist Party marks 70 years since taking power.

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USA

Watch 'French Spiderman' scale skyscraper

It took him only 20 minutes to push and pull his way to the rooftop of the building that is 502 feet high. Police met him upon his descent.

USA

Boris Johnson faces probe over alleged links to U.S. businesswoman

The request for an investigation cites allegations that Jennifer Arcuri and her business received favorable treatment as a result of her friendship with Johnson.

USA

American retirees in Mexico say their life savings vanished from a Mexican bank

Nine American families told NBC News that they trusted a local banker in San Miguel de Allende only to find millions missing from their accounts.

USA

Iran slams U.S. for barring top diplomat from New York hospital visit

The State Department said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif could only visit a diplomat in hospital if Tehran released a detained American citizen.

USA

Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to run for office

Wong's announcement came ahead of a major rally later Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Umbrella protests, where he first shot to fame as a youth leader.

USA

Amid failed peace talks and relentless violence, Afghans weigh whether to vote

"Our future is uncertain," said a Kabuli who has decided not to vote. "There is no guarantee that tomorrow I will still be alive."

USA

Fugitives admitted to 3 slayings in Canada before killing themselves, authorities say

The videos the pair recorded before they were found dead Aug. 7 included their plans to kill others, police said.

USA

Hundreds of boys, men freed from torture building in Nigeria

"The condition under which we found the victims was so dehumanizing, many of them were chained," a police spokesman said.

USA

Saudi Arabia gets ready to open up to foreign tourists

"It will change the perception, they have to come and see us," said the chairman of the kingdom's commission for tourism and national heritage.

USA

School strikers around the world march to demand action on climate

Citing a U.N.-backed report, demonstrators called on governments to implement measures to prevent global temperatures from rising more than 2.7 degrees.

USA

Kremlin says it hopes U.S. would not release Trump-Putin calls

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that "we would like to hope that it wouldn't come to that in our relations."

USA

Brother found guilty of murdering Pakistani model in 'honor killing'

Baloch had posted risque Facebook posts in which she spoke of trying to change "the typical orthodox mindset" of people in Pakistan.

USA

Prince Harry to walk in mother Diana's footsteps in visit to Angola

The Duke of Sussex visited communities in the southern Africa nation where the late princess launched a demining campaign 22 years ago.

USA

Toronto van driver: I 'accomplished my mission' after 10 pedestrians died

The attack drew attention to an online world of sexual loneliness, rage and misogyny after the suspect invoked an uprising by "involuntary celibates."

USA

Drone helps filmmaker rescue pets stranded in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian

"[It] still blows me away how these animals survive," Doug Thron said. "Their will to survive is pretty strong."

USA

Iran denies it staged attack on Saudi oil sites, demands proof

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country had "nothing to do with" the attack during a Thursday press conference in New York.