US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows' players, (from L) Yuhei Nakamura, Tony Barnette and Tetsuto Yamada, pose for photos on July 2, 2015, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, after being picked by the Central League's manager for the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star series. (Kyodo)

Workers in line at job center among Verlhac's cartoons on show in Fukuoka

Workers in line at job center among Verlhac's cartoons on show in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, April 7 Kyodo - A cartoon depicting a far-right French political party member urging laborers in a queue at an employment center to join the party, drawn by Bernard Verlhac, a French cartoonist killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting, is among drawings on display at an exhibition that started in the city of Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on April 2, 2015.

Abe, U.N. assembly chief Ashe agree to push Security Council reform

Abe, U.N. assembly chief Ashe agree to push Security Council reform

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.N. General Assembly President John Ashe (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 2, 2014, prior to their talks. They agreed to push for reform of the Security Council as the United Nations marks its 70th anniversary in 2015.