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

Nearly a decade after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, researchers have discovered that wildlife is thriving in the areas evacuated by humans, despite radiological contamination.

On the surface, it's a typical orchestra rehearsal.

The U.S. government is preparing to name North Korea as the culprit behind the Sony hack that downed a movie and made public confidential data of the company.

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.

The United States is hitting North Korea with a new set of economic sanctions after determining the country was behind last month's computer hack at Sony.

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.

Huawei officially has a shot at helping the world's second-largest internet market build its 5G network.

Three attacks by the Taliban in last 48 hours left at least two American soldiers and 18 Afghan soldiers dead, officials said Saturday, in what looks set to be a particularly bloody weekend in Afghanistan.

Have no fear, Vladimir Putin is here. That seems to be the message in an epic promo released ahead of the Russian president's annual news conference as the country's economy plummets.