A strong earthquake has jolted the central Philippines, damaging several buildings as well as roads, bridges and a seaport.
Chinese authorities are lifting a two-month lockdown of most of coronavirus-hit Hubei province, as domestic cases of the virus continue to subside.
Landslides and floods from torrential rains on Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed at least seven people and displaced thousands.
Alterra Mountain Company says it plans to invest more than $180 million at its ski resorts, including $17 million at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.Â
Iranian state media have blamed the al-Qaida-linked Sunni extremist group Jaish al-Adl for a bus bombing that killed at least 20 members of Iran's elite paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and wounded 20 more.
 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned Friday's attack in a mosque inside an army base in eastern Afghanistan that killed 27 soldiers.
Canada will become the second and largest country with a legal, nationwide marijuana marketplace when sales begin at midnight in the easternmost province of Newfoundland.
The Latest on Typhoon Mangkhut: Philippine mayor says it's highly unlikely any of the 40 to 50 people feared buried in a mudslide can be found alive.
Armed militants in Afghanistan staged a coordinated assault on a government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 320.
Iraqi military officials say at least 40 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in a market place...