Russian emergency officials have called off a brief tsunami warning after an 8.2- magnitude earthquake hit Russia's eastern coast Friday. Authorities had issued a tsunami warning for the Sakalin Islands. A Russian environmental monitoring service official told the Interfax news agency that "practically the whole continent shook." There were no reports of casualties.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African Union. Kerry's three-day visit begins Friday in Addis Ababa, where the State Department says he will meet with senior Ethiopian officials to discuss "bilateral issues." On...

An army official in Kashmir says rebels have fatally shot three soldiers in an ambush. Authorities say the attack took place Friday outside Srinagar, the main city on the Indian section of Kashmir. Rebel groups have been fighting for years for independence from India or a merger with Pakistan. Kashmir is divided between...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to attend a 50th anniversary celebration for the African Union. Kerry's three-day visit begins Friday in Addis Ababa, where the State Department says he will meet with senior Ethiopian officials to discuss "bilateral issues." On...