Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way last year
‘They beat and stabbed us – we came back as cripples’
Tribal fears escalate as polio breaks out in rural areas
For decades, the vulnerable US desert tortoise has led a sheltered existence
Pope Francis’s fascination with the devil takes on remarkable new twists
Slaughter in Tanzania’s open wilderness exerts pressure on government to act, writes Jason Straziuso
With strict Islamic Sharia under al-Shabaab extremists falling away, young Somalis are following their hearts
Two teenage football players on trial on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl
There areno updates on Nelson Mandela's condition since he went to a hospital in Pretoria, according to presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj.
Central Africa’s forest elephant population had declined 62 percent over the past decade
Rolling Stones made a triumphant return to the London stage on Sunday night in the first of five concerts
Egypt's president acknowledges the widespread problem of sexual harassment in his country
Exposed the Taliban's atrocities and advocated for girls' education in the face of religious extremists
Statue was brought to Germany by the Schaefer expedition before World War II
Documents vindicate efforts by victims’ families, who spent 23 years demanding full account
Police and a man wielding a 28cm knife confront each other in New York’s Times Square
Ocean acidification acts as the “osteoporosis of the sea”
First Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate Prof Abdus Salam has been disowned by many because he was a member of a minority Muslim sect