Image copyright Ian Lloyd Neubauer Image caption French tourists Anthony Fenech and Pierre Stoar are travelling around Australia in their van Its official name is Tamarama but it’s known as Glamarama for the beautiful people who sunbake on the golden strip of sand wedged between two striking headlands in Sydney’s …

Australia beat South Africa in a day-night Test in Adelaide in November, although they lost the series 2-1 England and Australia will meet in a day-night Test for the first time during the 2017-18 Ashes series. The five-Test series will begin in Brisbane on 26 November, with the day-night match …

Media captionThe film represents the latest effort by China to step up competition in the global movie market Despite a long tradition of movie-making, and much critical acclaim for its directors overseas, China has never yet produced a truly global blockbuster. But this is being billed as the moment when …

Image caption Abdus Salam was born to a family of modest means in the Jhang region of central Punjab in 1926 before becoming one of the country’s pre-eminent academics In 1980, soon after Pakistani professor Abdus Salam was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to developing the theory of …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The 68-year-old chief minister of Tamil Nadu died after suffering a heart attack Jayaram Jayalalitha was the undisputed leader of the governing party in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, but her sudden death has raised questions over who will replace her and …

Image copyright Aadi Production Image caption Chandra, right, clashes with tradition when he returns to his Nepalese village A battle-hardened, world-weary but still young former Maoist guerrilla is summoned back to his native village after his father dies. As he trudges homeward, a young boy orphaned by the war latches …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption India has long claimed the diamond The Koh-i-Noor is one of the world’s most controversial diamonds. It has been the subject of conquest and intrigue for centuries, passing through the hands of Mughal princes, Iranian warriors, Afghan rulers and Punjabi Maharajas. The 105-carat gemstone …

Image copyright Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore Image caption Protesters were dragged away by security guards at Australia’s AACTA awards Actress and director Sophie Mathisen never imagined that for her very first ACCTAs ceremony she would be dressed as a giant sausage. Stars including Isla Fisher and Mel Gibson arrived in Sydney for …

Image copyright AFP Image caption Junaid Jamshed presents an Islamic quiz show in Karachi, Pakistan The story of Junaid Jamshed’s public life begins with one air crash and ends with another. The August 1988 air crash in Bahawalpur that killed Pakistan’s military ruler Gen Ziaul Haq was widely hailed in …

Image copyright Reuters What the crowds couldn’t do, parliament has. Every Saturday night for two months, hundreds of thousands of people have gathered in Seoul and chanted that the president should step down. Park Geun-hye has been resistant. She has apologised several times, with a face of utter humility – …