AUSTRALIA

Rupert Murdoch says our need to be politically correct is doing more harm than good.

Look, Mom, I can get rich playing video games! MLG and Activision offer big prize money in their "COD" championship.

Even as India continues to woo its wealthy expats to attract investments, the latter may not oblige.

It could take years for world leaders to recover from a mass deflation.

Muslims are using hashtag #JeSuisCharlie to react to the attack on a French satirical news magazine.

Market signals of deflation, at least in Europe, are becoming harder to ignore. All eyes are on the European Central Bank.

Myuran Sukumaran belonged to the Bali Nine gang, which tried to import 18 pounds of heroin from Bali to Australia.

Data are expected to show the first annual fall in consumer prices since 2009, piling pressure on the ECB.

Nintendo's new 3DS Ambassador Edition is will soon be available for purchase in Europe.

The move follows concerns that the food may have sickened thousands of pets and killed about 1,000 dogs in the U.S. since 2007.

About 30 people have been injured by the out-of-control bushfire, but nobody has died.

A total of 30 bodies have so far been recovered from the Java Sea where AirAsia Flight 8501 went down Sunday.

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was sentenced a year ago on charges including spreading lies to helping a "terrorist organization".

The euro started the new year at 29-month lows in Asia after the head of the head of the European Central Bank fanned expectations it would take bolder steps on stimulus this month.

From the warm shores of Sydney Harbor to below-freezing Times Square, crowds have converged across the globe for exuberant celebrations ringing in the new year.

Australia's indoor tanning fans might soon have to go outdoors for that tan as the country's ban on tanning beds begins Thursday.

On the fourth day of a multinational search operation, Indonesian officials said that they had found the missing Airbus A320 in the Java Sea.

Markets were set for a cautious close to 2014 as worries about Greece's future in the euro zone served as an excuse to take profits on popular trades.

AirAsia confirmed debris found in the Karimata Strait was from missing Flight 8501.

A nearly three-day-long search operation in the Java Sea has led to the recovery on Tuesday of debris and bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501.

Ahmad Mohamad al-Ghaz’zaoui, a resident of Sydney, is believed to be the fourth Australian ISIS militant killed in the region since October.