Doomed AirAsia jet's fuselage was found in the Java Sea on Wednesday, raising hopes of retrieving the missing bodies of the 162 people killed in the tragedy, as investigators downloaded the contents of black box recorders and were likely to crack
Satellite images showing widespread destruction in two Nigerian towns that were recently attacked by Islamic extremists were recently released. (Photo: AP)
This Satellite image taken on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 and released by Amnesty International of the village of Doron Baga in north-eastern Nigeria, shows after it was allegedly attacked by members of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram (Photo: AP)
US Secretary of State John Kerry branded a Boko Haram massacre in northern Nigeria a "crime against humanity" on Thursday as satellite images suggested massive destruction in the two towns reported razed by its fighters. (Photo: AFP)
The UK space agency said that the images showed the lander's pilot chute still attached and its main parachute nearby. (Photo: AFP)
The agency said there was "clear evidence" of the lost lander in satellite images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). (Photo: AFP)
A British-built space probe that disappeared without trace more than a decade ago has been spotted on the surface of Mars. (Photo: AFP)
The Pope, speaking through an interpreter who translated his comments into English from his native Spanish, said he "respected the feelings" of those who felt they had been let down by God because of the disaster but implored them to move forward in
At a Mass near the airport, he put aside his prepared homily and delivered a very personal, emotional message of comfort to survivors. (Photo: AP)
Pope Francis flew to Tacloban, ground zero of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the area around Leyte Island 14 months ago, killing at least 6,300 people, leaving a million others homeless and displacing four million. (Photo: AP)
A leading Pakistani Taliban splinter group praised the 'blessed attacks in France' but had harsh words for governments and media in the Islamic world, who the group said had not condemned the magazine forcefully enough. (Photo: AP)
Citizens held vigils in cities around the country, including outside parliament in Islamabad, voicing demands that included the arrest of a notorious Taliban-sympathising mullah in the capital, the regulation of religious seminaries and the end of
A photographer was shot and others were injured during the protests by radical religious parties in Pakistan on Friday. (Photo: AP)
In Niger, a former French colony, a protest turned violent as demonstrators set fire to churches and raided shops run by Christians. A French cultural centre was set ablaze in the southern town of Zinder, and one security officer and three
The decision by Charlie Hebdo to publish a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad this week prompted angry protests in several Muslim countries on Friday leading to violence and in one case deaths. (Photo: AP)
The words "now" and "everyone" are visible in the photos, apparently from AirAsia's motto "Now Everyone Can Fly" painted on the plane's exterior. (Photo: AP)
A Singaporean Navy vessel found the main fuselage of the crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501. (Photo: AP)