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.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has "red flagged" Thailand over what it sees as significant safety concerns within the country's aviation sector.

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

The grim investigation begins after the siege at a Sydney cafe left two hostages and the gunman dead in an incident the Australian PM describes as "tragic beyond words."

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.