AUSTRALIA

The two deals, in Japan and South Korea, could fetch the company billions of dollars amid investor pressure to shed risks associated with lending businesses, according to reports.

A report released by the Australian Transport Bureau reportedly mentioned the possibility of the sudden power cut and the reasons that may have led to it.

The police raid in Australia came hours after reports that Craig Steven Wright was probably the secretive bitcoin creator.

Chinese imports fell for a thirteenth month, hurting commodity-linked stocks and currencies around the world.

As Beijing signals a red alert over smog, concerns about air pollution are high -- but worries about climate change are significantly lower.

The overhaul of its business highlights the scale of the commodity slump's impact on the mining sector.

Users of the instant messaging app Snapchat in North America, Europe and Australia are reporting problems with the service.

Japan shares rose as much as 0.1 percent after the government revised third-quarter economic growth upward.

A 31-year-old PhD Muslim student reportedly found a severed pig's head while preparing for daily prayers.

The Australian government criticized Tokyo's "deeply disappointing decision" to resume the controversial hunt, just days after a Japanese whaling fleet left for Antarctica.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull used his first major economic policy statement to map a path beyond the country's fading resources boom.

The U.S. reported 211,000 new non-farm jobs in November, and revised October new jobs data upward to 298,000.

The anti-terrorism bill, which received approval from both sides of the upper house, updated the current law to reflect “the new age of terrorism,” said Attorney-General George Brandis.

The news comes as Australian authorities said that they were "optimistic" the plane will be found in the current search area in the southern Indian Ocean.

Many investors expected Mario Draghi's European Central Bank to increase bond purchases and cut interest rates more.

Tim Fischer said it was “time to call out” the United States, saying that a person is 15 times more likely to be shot dead in the U.S. than in Australia.

According to a new survey, over the past decade, climate change has forced a large number of people from three Pacific island nations -- Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru -- to flee their countries.

OPEC is not expected to agree to production cuts that would boost prices when it meets starting Friday.

The alleged hack into one of the largest supercomputers in the country could compromise Australia’s military operations, according to a report by ABC News.

Authorities said that extensive searches of two homes in the western suburb of Merrylands were conducted under the firearms legislation after a suspected "shooting threat" against a police station.

China, which has pledged to set an example for other countries trying to combat climate change, will launch two satellites to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.