Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the sea swallow up coastal...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.9 struck in Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Around 1 p.m., lunch -- a...

Peru's supreme court on Wednesday sentenced ex-President Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for authorizing illegal wiretaps and bribing...

The case of a Tennessee man jailed in Japan for trying to snatch back his children from his estranged wife is not as clear-cut as it's been made out...

American and Iranian diplomats may hold rare face-to-face negotiations at a meeting Thursday on Iran's nuclear program, a senior U.S. official says. ...

A disaster management official says at least 200 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that struck western Indonesia. Around 1...

Police search mud-strewn streets, and pulverized homes  as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed...

Security in Beijing intensifies over worries that protests, which are common in China, or an overexuberant crowd might mar the ceremonies. ...

Between the earthquakes that struck the Samoas and Indonesia  and the temblor that devastated Italy, it might seem like Earth has been particularly...

Joseph S. Nye Jr., who pioneered the theory of soft power, says while he doesn't expect any major breakthroughs from the U.S.-Iran  talks,...