Tsunami waves of up to 1.5 meters (5 feet) hit far-flung Pacific regions from the Russian far east and Japan to New Zealand's Chatham Islands on Sunday after a powerful earthquake struck Chile, but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage.Hundreds of thousands of residents in Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and Russia's Kamchatka were told to evacuate after one of the world's strongest quakes in a century hit Chile on Saturday, killing more than 300 people.



Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday made an unannounced visit to Chechnya, the government said, amid concerns over mounting Islamist violence in the restive C...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia will spend at least 15 billion rubles ($465 million) next year to build military bases in Abkhazia and tighten the borders of th...