The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude of 8.2.

Also freed at least two soldiers who had been held hostage by al-Qaida linked extremists.

Bombing on the outskirts of Quetta also wounded 23 people.

Spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents could put brakes on economic development.

An independent panel will examine allegations that cycling's governing body was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping.

U.N. aid agency says hundreds of thousands of refugees becoming increasingly desperate.

The British government's emergency committee is set to meet Thursday after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.

Preparing instead to resume campaign of seeking membership in key international organizations as soon as next month.

Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times.

An official in South Sudan's oil ministry said that Sudan has blocked the export of South Sudanese oil.