Tourism thrives in Malaysia despite tragedies
Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way last year
Time running out on former sex slaves’ quest
‘They beat and stabbed us – we came back as cripples’
Islamic militants disrupt meds
Tribal fears escalate as polio breaks out in rural areas
Desert tortoise faces threat from its refuge
For decades, the vulnerable US desert tortoise has led a sheltered existence
Vatican insists pope did not perform exorcism
Pope Francis’s fascination with the devil takes on remarkable new twists
Official hand seen in elephant poaching
Slaughter in Tanzania’s open wilderness exerts pressure on government to act, writes Jason Straziuso
Couples elope to let love live
With strict Islamic Sharia under al-Shabaab extremists falling away, young Somalis are following their hearts
Rape case that has split town
Two teenage football players on trial on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl
Mandela spent night in hospital
There areno updates on Nelson Mandela's condition since he went to a hospital in Pretoria, according to presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj.
Central Africa forest elephant crises
Central Africa’s forest elephant population had declined 62 percent over the past decade
Rolling Stones marks 50th year
Rolling Stones made a triumphant return to the London stage on Sunday night in the first of five concerts
Sexual harassment spikes in Egypt
Egypt's president acknowledges the widespread problem of sexual harassment in his country
Pakistan teen activist admired across the region
Exposed the Taliban's atrocities and advocated for girls' education in the face of religious extremists
Seoul music
The new sensation – Gangnam Style – is taking modern South Korea and the world by storm, write Foster Klug and Youkyung Lee
Ancient statue carved from meteorite
Statue was brought to Germany by the Schaefer expedition before World War II
Liverpool fans were not to blame
Documents vindicate efforts by victims’ families, who spent 23 years demanding full account
New York police shooting video
Police and a man wielding a 28cm knife confront each other in New York’s Times Square