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Abdulrazak Gurnah during the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017.

Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah: An introduction to the man and his writing

Books

The power in Gurnah’s writing lies in his ability to complicate the Manichean divisions of enemies and friends, writes Lizzy Attree, co-founder of the Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature.

Sihanoukville, Cambodia, has become a construction site in recent years, with dozens of Chinese projects to build business and apartment high-rises, and with roads under construction around town.

Opening the door to Chinese investment comes with risks for Southeast Asian nations

On China's New Silk Road
An aerial view of a detention center

Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone

Refugees
indonesia

Survivors scavenge for food and water as Indonesia death toll continues to rise

Environment
Boats anchored at Qalansiya, Socotra, Yemen

Yemen’s war hasn’t yet reached this remote island paradise. But conflict is brewing.

Conflict
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DNA testing in The Hague

Cutting-edge DNA labs help identify people missing in conflicts and disasters

Justice

New technology, donated by the Dutch holding company Qiagen, enables scientists to better extract DNA from “even challenging bone samples. Ones that are decades old.”

French gendarmes and police inspect a piece of plane debris found on a beach on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.

What can the Indian Ocean plane wreckage tell us?

Technology

Part of a plane wing washed up on a beach on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean this week. The wreckage is now en route to France for identification. It appears to be part of a Boeing 777. Malaysia Airlines flight 370 — which mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean last year — was also a Boeing 777.

The shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3 Orion maritime search aircraft can be seen on low-level clouds as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean looking for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 on March 31, 2014.

One year later, the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is still just that

Technology

One year ago, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared without a trace. The hunt is still on for any evidence of the plane’s whereabouts, and that search still isn’t even halfway to its conclusion.

A rose is lit by a candle as survivors, local residents and visitors gather for a ceremony for victims of the 2004 tsunami in Ban Nam Khem, a fishing village destroyed by the wave. Survivors of Asia's 2004 tsunami and relatives of its 226,000 victims crie

Survivors will never forget the day the tsunami hit

Environment

Dr. Vinya Shanthidas Ariyaratne survived the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. But even a decade later, the waves that killed thousands the day after Christmas are always on his mind.

Conservationists are trying to protect the ocean waters around Palau, a small island nation in the South Pacific due east of the Philippines. The waters are recognized as one of the seven underwater wonders of the world, with more than 1,300 species of fi

Conservationists are working to create more national parks at sea

Environment

Here’s some positive environmental news. In fact, it’s a positive environmental trend: nations across the world are protecting huge swaths of ocean waters. And the trend may just be getting started. Here’s some positive environmental news. In fact, it’s a positive environmental trend: nations across the world are protecting huge swaths of ocean waters. And the trend may just be getting started.

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