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Search planes found no sign of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft in an area where satellite images had shown debris.

Malaysia finally releases MH370 satellite data

Malaysia’s government has released the raw satellite data used to track missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in response to pressure from relatives.

Pakistan acts against airline after crash

Pakistan acts against airline after crash

Pakistan blocked the head of an airline, whose plane crashed near the capital, from leaving the country as it began an investigation into the disaster

Bird flu may threaten Indonesia quake survivors

Bird flu could threaten survivors of Indonesia’s earthquake, an aid agency warned, after finding people whose homes were destroyed sheltering in dung-smeared chicken sheds. A…

Sri Lankan peace deal in danger

Mine attacks killed two navy sailors and wounded two commandos in northern Sri Lanka on Thursday in the latest in a barrage of violence that is posing the biggest danger yet to…

Aceh rebels disband armed wing

Indonesia’s Aceh rebels formally disbanded their armed wing on Tuesday, fulfilling one of the most crucial elements of a tsunami-inspired peace plan to end one of Asia’s longest…

‘All I could do was pray for help’

Masked, black-clad and brandishing machetes, the attackers sprang from behind a screen of tall grass and pounced on the four Christian girls as they walked to school. Within…

How many really died in the tsunami?

One year later, officials still aren’t exactly sure how many people died in the Indian Ocean tsunami, but a tally of conservative government figures puts the number of dead and…

Two strong quakes rattle nerves in Asia

Two magnitude-6,3 earthquakes in southern Asia struck eight hours apart on Monday, causing panic but little damage in a region still traumatised by last month’s quake-triggered…