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Two strong earthquakes struck the central Philippines just hours apart, damaging houses and knocking out power. There were no immediate reports of casualties, officials said Sunday.

China's most devastating earthquake in recorded history hit northern Shaanxi province in 1556, killing an estimated 830,000 people.

The western half of the island of New Guinea -- the world's largest tropical island -- constitutes the Indonesian province of West Papua, formerly known as Irian Jaya.

The death toll in South Korea's subway fire tragedy is expected to rise as rescue workers scour the site for more victims of the inferno.

Specialty ice creams can be concocted from soy milk, olive oil and even cheese. But for the truly bizarre, come to central Thailand where a bakery is putting snakehead fish in its frozen desserts.

The International Atomic Energy Agency found Wednesday that North Korea is in breach of international agreements, and recommended the U.N. Security Council consider action. North Korea has announced that it would react to any sanctions as an act of war.

The new Cabinet appointed by President Roh Moo-hyun on Thursday:

The first funerals of victims from the Daegu subway disaster in South Korea have been held, but for many families the agonizing wait continues for news of missing relatives.

A former Indonesian armed forces chief has denied allegations of crimes against humanity contained in a U.N. indictment, and questioned the legality of charges that hold him responsible for the bloody mayhem that swept East Timor in 1999.

A final search of the subway station gutted by fire in Daegu, South Korea has not found any survivors, officials say, raising fears the death toll from the tragedy could rise further.

Police in the Indian state of Gujarat have been placed on high alert at temples, mosques, stations and other public places on the first anniversary of a train attack that sparked widespread sectarian rioting.

Hundreds of Hindu monks and leaders will march to India's parliament to protest against the government for not allowing them to build a temple on a disputed site also claimed by Muslims.

Authorities are looking into the cause of a hotel fire in the northeast Chinese city of Harbin, which claimed the lives of 33 people.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called for a unified world approach to pressure Iraq to give up its alleged weapons of mass destruction, saying this provided the only real chance of a peaceful solution to the issue.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he is unmoved by the massive anti-war rallies throughout the nation over the weekend, although he respects the views of those who oppose his pro-U.S. stance on Iraq.

Indian health authorities launched one of the largest-ever immunization drives in the world Sunday to protect an estimated 165 million children from polio.

Eight days after India and Pakistan expelled each other's deputy ambassadors, the neighbors have agreed to the arrival of their replacements.

India says it hopes to test a long-range nuclear capable missile later this year that would be capable of striking targets deep inside China.

Afraid that Valentine's Day is corrupting India's youth, Hindu nationalists raided a shop and burned greeting cards Tuesday at the start of a week of protests that in past years has seen hand-holding couples harassed and stores trashed.

Over 50,000 people crowded the streets of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta Sunday to protest the United States' threat of military action against Iraq.

The war room at the Bagram Air Base is open 24 hours a day, but few may enter and a sign reading Who Else Needs to Know? reminds people to keep silent about what happens here.

Claiming Baghdad was doing all it could to comply with U.N. resolutions, Iraq's vice president has invited a high-level delegation from the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to witness Iraq's commitment to disarm.

A cell phone used by a member of the Abu Sayyaf Muslim extremist group to call an Iraqi diplomat was later employed in a failed attempt to trigger a bomb, according to a confidential Philippine intelligence report.

Police have arrested the head of the Singapore branch of the Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI).

The United Nations on Tuesday indicted the former Indonesian armed forces chief, six other senior generals and East Timor's ex-governor for crimes against humanity in what it called a systematic and widespread attack aimed at thwarting the country's bid for independence.

Two people were crushed and remained unconscious after a crowd of about 9,000 men wearing only loincloths got out of control at an annual Naked Festival in central Japan, police said.

Japan has warned it would attack North Korea if it had evidence Pyongyang was preparing to launch ballistic missiles, Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba has said.

Ten diplomats, five Indian and five Pakistani, are being expelled from each other's country in tit-for-tat moves after India accused Pakistan's acting high commissioner, Jalil Abbas Jilani, of funnelling money to Kashmiri separatists. (Full story)

Terrorist sleeper cells linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) are operating in Australia and Southeast Asia but it is uncertain how much of a threat they pose, according to Australia's most senior police officer.

Two police officers have been killed and six others, including one civilian, have been injured after gunmen opened fire outside the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

Tensions between India and Pakistan have flared again over the disputed territory of Kashmir following the second round of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions in a matter of weeks.

Australia's multibillion dollar fleet of navy submarines has been put on restricted duties after a pipe burst and tons of water gushed into one of the subs, forcing it to hastily resurface.

A U.S.-led assault on Iraq could push the price of oil on international markets to unprecedented levels -- perhaps as high as $50 a barrel -- and fuel a worldwide wave of terrorism by Muslims, Malaysia's prime minister has warned.

A California man under FBI surveillance since 1995 has been arrested and charged with serving as an unregistered agent of North Korea.

A Sikh man has been jailed for five years after admitting his involvement in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 that killed all 329 people on board.

The Philippines government is expelling an Iraqi diplomat, accusing the envoy of having ties to the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group.

The Philippines government is expelling an Iraqi diplomat, accusing the envoy of having ties to the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group.

Former world heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson didn't like the way his face looked before he got his new tattoo. In New Zealand, an expert on indigenous Maori facial tattoos doesn't like the way Tyson looks now.

At least 150,000 people packed streets in Melbourne on Friday to protest against the looming war with Iraq and Australia's possible involvement in a U.S.-led assault.

Sen. John McCain on Sunday urged China to take a bigger role in the standoff over North Korea's nuclear program, warning that Pyongyang's threatened buildup could prompt Japan to seek its own nuclear weapons.

A small chartered plane carrying Afghanistan's industries minister, a Chinese mining executive and six others crashed Monday soon after takeoff from the southern city of Karachi.

Up to 20 people have died after an arson attack in a subway station in the South Korean city of Daegu, according to South Korea's YTN television.

Errors by train operators may be to blame for more than half the deaths in a devastating subway fire that killed at least 120 people in South Korea, investigators indicated Thursday.

A mother has claimed that a genie circumcised her 10-month-old son while she was cooking breakfast, the Indonesian state news agency Antara reported Thursday.

Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf has affirmed his country's moral, diplomatic and political support for insurgents in disputed Kashmir and appealed to the international community to push India to allow the territory to determine its own future.

Chinese authorities are investigating whether international pharmaceutical giant Roche used the panic over a mystery illness in southern China to improperly promote its medicines.

Leaders of 116 developing nations representing more than half the globe have gathered in Malaysia for the opening of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit with a call on Iraq to comply with UN resolutions.

Fifty years after two men conquered Mount Everest, a native Sherpa is setting up what will be the world's highest Internet cafe.

Celebrations are under way across the globe marking the start of the Lunar New Year.

KARACHI, Pakistan (CNN) – Gunmen stormed a mosque in southern Pakistan, killing a 7-year-old boy and eight other people, and wounding seven others.