Indian Ocean

Abdulrazak Gurnah during the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2017.

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

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.

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

Opening the door to Chinese investment comes with risks for Southeast Asian nations
An aerial view of a detention center

Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone

Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone
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Survivors scavenge for food and water as Indonesia death toll continues to rise

Survivors scavenge for food and water as Indonesia death toll continues to rise
Boats anchored at Qalansiya, Socotra, Yemen

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

Yemen's war hasn't yet reached this remote island paradise. But conflict is brewing.
DNA testing in The Hague

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

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."

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

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.

What can the Indian Ocean plane wreckage tell us?
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

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.

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

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.

Survivors will never forget the day the tsunami hit
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

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.

Conservationists are working to create more national parks at sea
2014. Britain's Inmarsat used a wave phenomenon discovered in the nineteenth century to analyse the seven pings its satellite picked up from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 to determine its final destination.The new findings led Malaysian Prime Minister Na

An oceanographer tells why it will be so tough to find missing Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean

It took two years to find the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for an Air France jet that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. In that tragedy, the crash site was found within two days of the accident. With Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the search may be much harder.

An oceanographer tells why it will be so tough to find missing Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean
A family member of a passenger aboard Malaysia Airlines MH370 shouts at journalists at the Lido hotel in Beijing, March 24, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 families remain distraught and suspicious after news that aimed to end their uncertainty

A day of protest and disbelief unfolded in China after yesterday's announcement by Malaysian authorities that they were convinced flight 370 went down in a remote part of the Indian Ocean.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 families remain distraught and suspicious after news that aimed to end their uncertainty
A man comforts a family member of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as they wait for news from Malaysia Airlines, at the lobby of a hotel in Beijing, March 14, 2014.

Malaysian officials say they know where their missing jet went down — but it won't end hope for families

Malaysian officials now say that there's firm evidence flight 370 flew into a remote area of the Indian Ocean, where it could only have crashed into the water. Yet a psychologist says even that certainty will likely not provide closure to families of the passengers.

Malaysian officials say they know where their missing jet went down — but it won't end hope for families

How does a jetliner go missing with all of today's technology?

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is nearing the end of its 10th day and investigators are no closer to solving the mystery. They may only have three more weeks before batteries die in the plane's underwater locator devices.

How does a jetliner go missing with all of today's technology?
Malaysia's acting Transport Minister, Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, takes questions from journalists during a news conference about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Why Malaysian officials can't seem to handle the heat over missing plane

The confusion over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has thrust officials in Malaysia into the international spotlight, and they're not used to the scrutiny.

Why Malaysian officials can't seem to handle the heat over missing plane