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There are now competing claims as to whether everything on the A320 had been properly maintained or not, with a new report indicating the pilots may have cut power to a critical computer system.

AirAsia pilots said to have cut off flight computers before crash

There are now competing claims as to whether everything on the A320 had been properly maintained or not, with a new report indicating the pilots may have cut power to a critical computer system.

Coincidences mount in the search for MH370 as Malaysian authorities prepare to release an interim report on the flight's mystery disappearance.

Coincidence? MH370 search vessels converge in the Indian Ocean

Coincidences mount in the search for MH370 as Malaysian authorities prepare to release an interim report on the flight's mystery disappearance.

A Pakistani theatre company threw caution to the wind by performing a controversial, satirical play about burqas and freedom of expression.

Meet Pakistan's all-singing, all-dancing, burqa-wearing free speech defenders

A Pakistani theatre company threw caution to the wind by performing a controversial, satirical play about burqas and freedom of expression.

If Australian nationality means anything, the Australian government needs to do everything in its power to prevent its citizens -- even the ratbag, drug-smuggling ones -- from being executed abroad.

Rundle: did the AFP trade away the lives of the Bali Nine?

If Australian nationality means anything, the Australian government needs to do everything in its power to prevent its citizens -- even the ratbag, drug-smuggling ones -- from being executed abroad.

Did AirAsia flight QZ8501 crash because of bad weather? Pilot error? Damage to the jet?

What we know so far about the AirAsia QZ8501 crash

Did AirAsia flight QZ8501 crash because of bad weather? Pilot error? Damage to the jet?

Anyone depending on Chinese demand for resources (like, say, Australia) should be very worried about the quickly decelerating growth in the Chinese economy.

China's economic slowdown is bad -- and it's only going to get worse

Anyone depending on Chinese demand for resources (like, say, Australia) should be very worried about the quickly decelerating growth in the Chinese economy.

Did AirAsia adequately prepare its pilots and ensure that the A320 was in good working order?

Is AirAsia to blame for last month's deadly crash?

Did AirAsia adequately prepare its pilots and ensure that the A320 was in good working order?

A Sydney doctor and refugee advocate says the hunger-striking asylum seekers on Manus Island are not receiving proper medical care -- and the results could be deadly.

Manus hunger strikers 'a recipe for disaster': doctor

A Sydney doctor and refugee advocate says the hunger-striking asylum seekers on Manus Island are not receiving proper medical care -- and the results could be deadly.

Tony Abbott has appointed Rio Tinto's CEO to the Australia-India CEO Forum, doubling down on Australia's commitment to mining coal for Indian consumption. What could possibly go wrong?

Australia bets it all on India's coal market

Tony Abbott has appointed Rio Tinto's CEO to the Australia-India CEO Forum, doubling down on Australia's commitment to mining coal for Indian consumption. What could possibly go wrong?

A new article by a Canadian mathematician raises some compelling points about the real agenda of the MH370 investigation.

Are the MH370 investigators deliberately undermining the search?

A new article by a Canadian mathematician raises some compelling points about the real agenda of the MH370 investigation.