An Indonesian ship equipped with a metal detector finds two large objects about 30 meters below the Java Sea in the search for lost AirAsia Flight QZ8501, a top search official says.

By the time the hours-long siege at a military school in Peshawar, Pakistan, ended, at least 141 people -- 132 children plus nine staffers -- were dead, a military spokesman said.

China's foreign ministry says it will soon complete controversial land reclamation on some islands and reefs in disputed waters in the South China Sea.

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Transport authorities in New Delhi have cracked down on the car service Uber after a woman accused one of its drivers of raping her.

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The man who has held hostages in a Sydney, Australia, cafe for nearly 16 hours is Man Haron Monis, an official with direct knowledge of the situation said Monday.

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Survivors speak of their horror at seeing 36 New Year's Eve revelers trampled to death on the Shanghai waterfront, just minutes before midnight.

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Police on Sunday arrested an Uber driver accused of raping a woman in the Indian capital, authorities said.

A Boeing 737 carrying 132 people crashed early Monday in China. Although Boeing's 737 has faced extraordinarily high-profile safety concerns over the past three years, the plane that crashed Monday was a different version of the aircraft than the embattled 737 Max that shook Boeing to its core.

China's 1.3 billion citizens may soon find it much harder to belt out their national anthem at will.

Shanghai authorities on Friday released details about 32 of the three dozen New Year's revelers killed in a stampede on the city's waterfront Wednesday night. The victims were young, with an average age of just 22.