AUSTRALIA

The Great Attractor region is pulling the Milky Way and other galaxies toward it at an incredible speed.

A group reportedly affiliated to the collective Anonymous claimed the hack that suspended several websites early Wednesday.

Japan government bond yields turned negative on Tuesday, underscoring risk aversion, following drops in U.S. stocks.

Stocks slumped in Japan and Australia early Tuesday while markets elsewhere in the region remained closed for Lunar New Year.

The steep decline in oil prices has investors wondering how the U.S. Federal Reserve will proceed with its next monetary policy move.

In case you didn't know, today is the day the world celebrates the delicious hazelnut-chocolatey spread.

Next week, U.S. scientists and engineers will join Chinese, Dutch and Australian investigators in seeking the remains of a Malaysian passenger jet.

The strict reforms would make it difficult for asylum-seekers to obtain permanent residency and citizenship in Australia, a leaked official document stated.

The Zika virus has so far been reported in at least 26 countries in the Americas and Brazil has been the hardest-hit with 3,530 cases.

Singapore stocks ticked upward in early Friday trading, while South Korean stocks remained flat.

The 12 nations of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership need to agree to an official text before one of the largest trade deals ever can be implemented.

Speculation over a hold on Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and big gains in crude oil prices pushed global markets and U.S. stock futures up Thursday.

A ruling by the country's high court has paved the way for the deportation of over 250 asylum-seekers to an offshore immigration camp.

The virus, spreading quickly across the Americas, is usually transmitted through mosquitoes, and is linked to brain deformities in babies.

Oil saw one of its biggest gains in months. Higher oil prices would help energy companies and the many industries that supply them. 

Researchers have reached different conclusions on how the Trans-Pacific Partnership, signed Wednesday, will affect jobs.

Investors rushed to safe havens such as gold and bonds as most world markets extended Tuesday's losses.

The country's high court ruled that detention of asylum-seekers at offshore processing centers on Nauru Island does not violate the Australian constitution.

Japan's Nikkei, South Korea's KOSPI, Singapore's STI and  Australia's ASX 200 were all lower in early Wednesday trading.

If the deal goes through, it will help boost earnings of Britain's second-largest supermarket chain and give it more than 800 stores of Home Retail brand Argos.

Police officials are investigating the source of the phone calls that have prompted evacuations since Friday.