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The Australian doctor who survived seven years in the desert as a prisoner of Al Qaeda
Kidnapped from his Burkina Faso home at gunpoint in 2016, Ken Elliott survived seven years in the desert as a prisoner of Al Qaeda.
Photo shows Ken and Jocelyn.The ugly truth behind the cheap flowers we buy at the supermarket checkout
A bouquet of flowers is the go-to gift for many special occasions but the world is paying a high price for transporting our out-of-season blooms.
Thailand's Buddhist monks keep getting arrested for drugs, corruption, even murder
Mounting scandals involving Buddhist monks are eroding public faith in a key pillar of Thai society.
Photo shows A monk walking with his back to the camera.The Chinese mainlanders moving in to help Beijing remake Hong Kong
In the past couple of years, more than 100,000 people have moved to Hong Kong, and the majority have come from mainland China.
Photo shows A woman poses for a photo on a boat.Why is Russia resurrecting a Soviet ghost town on Norwegian soil?
Pyramiden was abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union, but plans for its revival are adding to growing tensions with NATO in the Arctic.
These WWII shipwrecks are an ecological ticking timebomb in the Pacific
An untold amount of black, toxic oil is contained within the corroding wrecks of World War II ships scattered around the Pacific. And it's leaking into the ocean.
Photo shows Shipwreck in the Solomon Islands.The great divide: How 'chaos' at the border could decide the US election
On the southern border of the US, the Texas governor has taken drastic steps to keep migrants out of the country, and to reshape the political debate inside it.
Photo shows A river in a desert valley.The women taking on Putin’s propaganda machine from the bunkers of eastern Ukraine
Across Ukraine, women are doing the dangerous work of reporting on the war from the front line and keeping newsrooms going.
Photo shows A woman standing in a bombed out office.The Japanese women fighting for a place in one of the last bastions of male sport
An ancient sport shrouded in mystery, professional sumo wrestling in Japan is reserved only for men. A group of young female warriors wants to change that.
Photo shows A woman in shorts crouched downThe reality of Italy's one-euro-house dream
Small towns across Italy are selling homes for just 1 euro to survive terminal population decline. Foreign Correspondent travelled to Sicily to see what life's really like after you buy one.
Photo shows The town of Mussomeli in Sicily.