Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says authorities will be investigating why a gunman who took several people hostage in a Sydney cafe wasn't being monitored.

The world kept an eye on missile tests, Dennis Rodman and hacking scandals in North Korea throughout 2014.

International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia's battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery.

A 2-month-old made history in Australia - becoming the first baby to be breastfed in Parliament.

Following four years of construction and nonstop media coverage, Singapore's long-awaited Jewel Changi Airport is officially open.

A local entrepreneur in the Japanese tourist destination of Nara has developed an alternative to plastic shopping bags, to protect the town's sacred deer.

It was a stark and painful reminder. The sound of fireworks echoing through the streets of Surabaya as the clock dragged toward midnight underlining the fact that so many of the victims of QZ8501 were on their way to Singapore to celebrate the new year there.

A small chartered plane with five people aboard crashed into a mall shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning from Melbourne's Essendon Airport, Australian police said.

He is one of the greatest players in history and now Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo reigns supreme not only on the football pitch but in the digital world too.

An Australian child sex offender was stopped from leaving the country Monday, under new laws which government ministers described as a "world first."

She was the face of the North Korean delegation at the Winter Olympics in the South this year, and now she has a seat at the table for the most significant peace talks between the two nations in decades.

China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on an island in the Paracel chain in the South China Sea, the Taiwanese government said.

Asia's best colleges were announced Thursday and for the second year in a row, Singapore has emerged top of the table.

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David Gordon and his wife started a foundation to educate addicts in Jakarta, they aim to show addicts they don't have to go back to drugs after the program. However the pair come up against challenges including lack of support from the addict's families.

The Korean Air executive who delayed a flight over a bag of macadamia nuts may face legal action after South Korea's transportation ministry said on Tuesday it had filed a complaint to prosecutors.

Australian Olympic authorities say they want greater security for athletes in Rio immediately, after a gold-medal winning paralympian was mugged at gunpoint.