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Concerns about an interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve led Asian markets to open the week lower, with sharp falls in China.

Australia’s minister for foreign affairs expressed official support of compatriot Peter Greste, one of three Al Jazeera journalists given jail sentences by a court in Cairo.

German oceanographic experts have said that ocean current modeling leads them to believe that the search area in the southern Indian Ocean could be thousands of miles off-target.

Chinese stocks rose sharply after a state pension fund said it will invest over $300 billion in the stock market. Only Hong Kong bucked the trend.

The standoff between South Korea and the North eased after an agreement earlier this week.

Australia will fail to meet its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets under current policy measures, according to a new analysis.

Estimates of al-Shabab's size have ranged from 200 to 9,000.

Jennifer Pedroza of Arlington, Texas, filed a lawsuit against former business partner Amanda Hayward last May.

European shares are now on course to recover most of the week's losses on a day that saw Chinese and Asian stocks make significant gains.

Hamdi Alqudsi is the first person to be charged under the Australian law with aiding rebels in Syria.

The Shanghai Composite Index clocked its biggest one-day gain in eight weeks. Other Asian markets also closed higher.

Wednesday's rise on the Dow reassured markets while the Bank of Japan downplayed fears about China's economy.

China's rate cuts reassure some investors, but concerns about the Chinese economy, and Tuesday's falls, spook others.

While stocks in Japan, South Korea and Australia recovered, benchmark indexes in India fell yet again.

Chinese stock indexes remained volatile as investors reacted to the latest measures by the Chinese central bank.

A roller-coaster day on the Chinese markets saw stocks slump, rebound and then plunge again, as an injection of more than $23 billion of funds into the market by the Chinese authorities failed to calm market sentiment.

Most Asian markets, which started recovering after Monday’s dramatic fall, were hit by wild fluctuations Tuesday.

The recent financial market panic can be traced back to China's very real economic slowdown. Here's why it matters around the world.

The two countries reportedly agreed in part to organize a family reunion for people separated by the Korean War of 1950 to 1953.

The Chinese stock market continued to tumble Monday, with losses in the billions and markets consequently plunging all over the world.