Spanish authorities released the captain of a U.S.-based treasure hunting ship after detaining him overnight. In dispute is a sunken treasure—from a shipwreck dubbed the "Black Swan"—worth an estimated 500 million U.S. dollars.
A warmer climate in Greenland has opened up new possibilities for economic development, but it may have negative effects on the island's native people, WWF says.
After a two-year delay, Airbus has finally delivered the A380, the world's largest passenger jet. The plane will make its inaugural flight on October 25.
Panama's golden frog is a symbol of good luck and prosperity. Now researchers are fighting to save the rare amphibian from a naturally occurring—and deadly—fungus.
As rulers in Myanmar (Burma) crack down on dissidents, Buddhist monks are disappearing, a report obtained by AP said on October 11. Are they escaping or being kidnapped?
Despite the danger, Baghdad residents flocked to shops and markets on October 11 to prepare for the festival marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Athens's cutting edge new Acropolis Museum will begin receiving 4,000 ancient works, many of them arriving by crane from the old museum, on October 14.
