Feb. 18 (UPI) -- South Korea has sent a diplomat to Russia following the seizure of a South Korean fishing boat by Russian authorities.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts family's beloved dog is back home safe after escaping from a family friend's yard and turning up eight months later and 175 miles away.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A former president of the Maldives has been taken into custody until his money laundering trial is completed.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on Monday ordered the release of more than 2,100 Pakistani prisoners.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A new election committee was set to meet Monday to decide whether voters in North Carolina's 9th District will re-run a midterm race for the House.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Russia's Gazprom is set to complete a gas pipeline to start delivering gas from Siberia to China for three decades by the start of December, about 20 days earlier than expected.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Seven members of British Parliament said Monday they're leaving the Labor Party and will serve as independents, citing frustration with leader Jeremy Corbyn to back a second Brexit vote.

Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Four Indian soldiers and two suspected terrorists, including a commander of the group behind last week's suicide bomb attack in Kashmir, have been killed.

SEOUL, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- North Korea is facing a "historic turning point," its main newspaper said Sunday about next week's summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

Feb. 17 (UPI) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed Amazon for canceling plans to build a second headquarters in the city, saying the retail giant "took their ball and went home."