It was reported by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that Chinese hackers had located and stolen the blueprints for the $630 million spy agency headquarters that is nearing completion in Canberra.
For the first time this year, and for the first time since China's change of leadership, a high-ranking North Korean official has made a visit to its neighbor and largest trading partner.
Ignoring calls to refrain from provocative behavior by South Korea, the United States, Russia and the United Nations, North Korea continued for the third straight day to fire short range projectiles into the North Korean coastal waters on Monday.
It was announced at a joint news conference held in Sweden by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the two countries are working toward a solution to end the violence in Syria.