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A strict new policy limiting toilet time at a factory led to a hostage situation in Shanghai.

A Chinese military officer warned Australia not to side with the U.S. and Japan if the East China Sea conflict leads to war.

The Japanese yen fell Tuesday against the dollar after the Bank of Japan raised the inflation target to 2 percent from 1 percent.

The BoJ will likely expand asset purchases and state a new inflation goal. Here's your handy watchlist for this week.

Creating a formula to designate a single day as the most depressing one of the year for everyone is silly pseudoscience, scientists say.

Asian markets were listless Monday as investor confidence was weighed down amid the speculation that policy makers in Japan might disappoint by not announcing substantial stimulus measures in the meeting this week.

Japanese officials have said warning shots would be fired at foreign aircrafts violating its airspace, after an incident last week saw Beijing and Tokyo scramble fighter planes over airspace incursions near a set of hotly contested islands in the East China Sea.

Laos’ construction of a hydropower dam on the Mekong River has angered its downstream neighbors and raised concerns.

Most of the Asian markets rose as investor confidence was lifted amid the encouraging economic indicators from the U.S. and China.

Roger Federer’s clash with Bernard Tomic highlights the sixth day’s play at the Australian Open

World leaders complained that news coming out of Algeria has been confusing and even contradictory.

The agency that grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner as it investigates battery malfunctions does not know when it will allow the plane to fly again.

Algerian forces have responded to a hostage crisis with fierce independence, and their motives for doing so are murky.

Rihanna is set to debut her collection for fashion line River Island in London during Fashion Week.

Algerian sources are now stating that hundreds of hostages remain trapped inside the facility –- their fates unknown.

Boeing, struggling to fix a serious battery problem in its 787 Dreamliner, catches a p.r. break from one of its unions, as well as Wall Street.

Incredibly warm springs in 2010 and 2012 resulted in the earliest known flowering in 161 years at two sites in Massachusetts and Wisconsin.

China’s economy rose at a better than expected rate in the fourth quarter of last year, indicating that economic growth is reviving.

The USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubattaha Reef on Wednesday night "during normal transit," it said.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Census Bureau’s data on housing starts and building permits.

Following an emergency order from the Federal Aviation Administration issued late Wednesday night, United States airlines are ordered to temporarily ground all Boeing 787 Dreamliners until the planes can be proven to safe. Earlier in the day, a Japanese 787 suffered a battery fire while in the air.