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AP - The strongest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in recent years menacingly roared toward the country’s north Sunday, prompting thousands of villagers to flee to safety and sparking massive…

AP - Former rugby players from Uruguay who survived more than two months of isolation in the snow-covered Andes met on Saturday with some of the relatives of 33 trapped…

AP - The global aid response to the Pakistan floods has so far been much less generous than to other recent natural disasters — despite the soaring numbers of people…

AP - European stock markets rose Monday after another round of positive economic data, strong earnings from some of the region’s biggest banks and expectations of a big rise on…

AFP - Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders will have to be consulted on every decision the next government makes if a provisional agreement on forming a new cabinet reached Friday…

AP - A series of powerful earthquakes rattled Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, triggering landslides and demolishing dozens of homes. A tsunami warning sent panicked residents fleeing…

AP - Several powerful earthquakes hit eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, triggering a brief tsunami warning and sending panicked residents fleeing from buildings to high ground. There were power blackouts in…

AP - South Korea’s president stressed Monday the need to bolster military readiness and sternly respond to North Korea over the deadly sinking of a warship, or risk more such…

AP - A strong earthquake rattled northern Japan on Sunday, and authorities said no tsunami was expected in the area. There were no immediate reports of serious damage or injuries.

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AP - A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous…