Militant Tuhoe tribe members defiant amid claims race relations had been set back 100 years

Industrialist Gina Rinehart earns £32m a day from her Australian iron-ore concerns

Neglected, cramped, and now fatally ill-kept – the animals in these zoos are dying. Where are they? Indonesia, a nation famous for its wildlife and wilderness. Kathy Marks reports from Jakarta

Leading the way through the charred ruins of his family home near Margaret River, in Western Australia, Tim Moore pauses by a small pile of charcoal.

Wildfires are a fact of life in the outback. But when a 'controlled burn' started by the state government destroyed dozens of homes, it fanned the flames of an increasingly bitter argument. Kathy Marks meets the families who lost everything

A former resistance leader, Taur Matan Ruak, is expected to be declared East Timor's new president today, with early counts from yesterday's second-round poll putting him ahead of the opposition Fretilin Party's candidate, Francisco "Lu Olo" Guterres.

Government bids to outlaw 'provocative' clothes in largest Muslim country

Investigation reveals that the Adidas kit worn by Team GB athletes is made in abusive sweatshops

It's no secret why Adidas and other sportswear brands such as Nike, Gap, H&M and others get most of their products manufactured in developing countries. Wages are cheap, labour law is lax, and people are desperate for jobs. Over the past decade, such companies – in response to public pressure – have taken steps to monitor their supply chains, enforcing minimum pay and conditions and outlawing child labour.

Evacuations after massive earthquakes off coast of Sumatra – but region escapes repeat of disaster