Zhang Yujun is being investigated as China's government attempts to crack down on insider trading and rein in volatility in its stock markets.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first official state visit to the United States.
The 91-year-old Zimbabwean leader was expected to read the correct speech during the special session of parliament Wednesday.
Chile, long considered the region's model democracy, has sharply soured on its president, Michelle Bachelet.
The Shanghai Composite index rallied the most in three weeks, as world markets await the outcome of the two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Demonstrators carrying banners that read "Scrap the unconstitutional war bills" lined the street near a hotel outside Tokyo.
With involvement in both Syria and Ukraine, Russia has the Pentagon rethinking its budget allocations.
A flaw existing in routers allows attacker to silently monitor, reroute and copy the Internet traffic of an entire country.
The company is moving 500 jobs overseas, citing the expiration of the Export-Import Bank. CEO Jeff Immelt has been outspoken in his support for the bank.
Zimbabwe's parliament cut live broadcasting before President Robert Mugabe began his speech Tuesday after threats from the main opposition party to disrupt the event.
Median estimates predicted a drop of 2.8 percent for the rest of 2015.
Two young men in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, contacted "an illegal agent to sell their kidneys," according to reports.
The U.S. is preparing sanctions against individual Chinese hackers, though their crimes haven't conclusively been tied to Beijing.
Thailand's police chief explicitly linked the country's worst bombing in recent history to a smuggling network involving members of the Uighur community.
U.S. officials held meetings last week with Meng Jianzhu, China's domestic security chief, to discuss cyber concerns.
India's smartphone-led Internet penetration is allowing consumers to increasingly transact online.
The Shanghai Composite Index reported its biggest two-day loss in three weeks while other Asian markets traded lower.
The Huawei-built Nexus 6 will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 chip, which has had issues with overheating, according to the latest benchmarking results.
The construction comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping was scheduled to visit Washington this month.
China could account for up to 2 million sales of Apple's latest smartphone in the first weekend.
The European aerospace giant and Boeing rival on Monday opened a final assembly line in Mobile, primarily for its A321 jetliners.
In its monthly oil market report, the oil cartel said "lower-than-expected" U.S. output would drag down overall supplies from non-OPEC oil producers.