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.

An Australian aid worker who was abducted in Afghanistan in April has been freed, according to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

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.