A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the eastern coast of Japan on Sunday, rattling buildings across a broad swath of the country, including the crowded capital.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he was snubbed at last year's Copenhagen climate change conference and fired back Sunday at critics who accuse China of arrogance.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivers a speech during a lecture about North Korea's nuclear program, in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 11, 2010.

A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.

Afghanistan's president has agreed to reverse an earlier decision and allow two foreigners on a commission monitoring upcoming parliamentary elections, his spokesman said Saturday.

Edmund Ho Hau Wah is congratulated by members of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference after being elected vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the closing ceremony of the Third Session of the 11th CPPCC National Committee at the Great ...

A published report says North Korea plans to head back to the bargaining table early next month for talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons program.

Heavy rain and melting snow have caused severe floods across a region of Kazakhstan neighboring China, flooding villages and killing around two dozen people, officials said Friday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin poses with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prior to a meeting in New Delhi yesterday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in India to sign a clutch of multibillion-dollar arms deals, said yesterday it was time for the old Cold War allies to boost trade beyond the limited scope of defence.

Pakistani officials and soldiers visit the site of bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12,... Pakistani officials and soldiers visit the site of bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010.

Soldiers based in Musa Qala in northern Helmand to be redeployed, but 800 troops will remain in Sangin British soldiers on a joint foot patrol with US Marines in Musa Qala, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.