Eighty-eight white doves were released on top of a Sydney headland to mark the 13th anniversary of the 2002 Bali Bombings.
Addressing climate change is not a burden, but a new opportunity to create future drivers of growth through technological innovation, said President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Park Geun-hye Monday.
Chinese shares slumped for a second day on Tuesday on weak economic data, suggesting the world's second-largest economy faces mounting downward pressure.
Chinese stocks slid further on Tuesday amid global rout.
Volatile global markets showed signs of a respite from the recent blood-letting on Tuesday, as bargain hunters helped Asian stocks off three-year lows hit on fears that China's economy was risking a hard landing, with Chinese shares losing another 5 percent.
International organizations and foreign countries have strongly condemned Monday's deadly blast in downtown Bangkok, expressing deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims and Thailand.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena sacked 13 members from his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) 's central committee, just hours after a parliamentary election was concluded on Monday.
U.S. stocks reversed early losses to close higher Monday as investors digested mixed economic reports.
An Iranian court on Monday tried a Washington Post reporter for the fourth time over spying and propaganda charges, official IRNA news agency reported.
U.S. stocks extended losses amid generally downbeat economic data on Monday, as plunging oil prices hit Wall Street sentiment.
Chinese stocks opened much lower on Tuesday following Monday's collapse and the regulators' promise of support for the market.
Six workers have been rescued from a flooded colliery in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province by Monday morning, local authorities said.
Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 rose 1.7 percent on Monday to close to 11,224.20 points, up from the 11,036.10 points of Friday, thanks to the agreement reached by Greece and the creditors over its debt.
U.S. stocks continued to rally Monday, with the three major indices logging a three-day winning streak, as market sentiment was boosted by the latest development in the Greek debt crisis.
A ceremony would be held in Vienna after the ongoing Iranian nuclear negotiation on Monday, a diplomatic source said on Sunday.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returns to the table of negotiations with creditors to clinch a new debt deal and avert a looming default and a possible Grexit with the support of opposition parties, according to an official declaration released on Monday.
With no breakthrough during Monday's Eurogroup summit in Brussels, talks on the long-awaited deal for the Greek debt resolution will be continued with a view to strike a compromise by the weekend, according to Greek government and its international lenders.
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