Pakistan - political crisis
A interactive guide to the main figures, the flashpoints and the main events leading to Pakistan's current political crisis.
Kenya's election chaos
A least 300 people have been killed in violence following a recent disputed election. Trace the events that led to the killings here....
Bangladesh - Cyclone Sidr
November 16 2007. Thousands are reported dead after Cyclone Sidr swept across low-lying areas of southern Bangladesh.
World trade
Find out how a crate of products from Latin America can make a profit despite being sold for a loss ...
Al-Qaida stronghold
Mir Ali is a centre of al-Qaida activity in Waziristan, north-west Pakistan.
Antarctic land grab
The United Kingdom is planning to claim sovereign rights over a vast area of the remote seabed off Antarctica. Find out where...
Burma protests
Eleven days of mass protests against the military regime were finally stopped by troops on September 27 2007. Trace the spread of the protests here ...
Sudan - Crisis in Darfur
Simon Crittle from the World Food Programme takes us through the biggest refugee camp in the world.
Britain's Iranian hostage crisis
In March 2007, 15 Royal Marines and Royal Navy personnel were seized by Iranian authorities off the coast of Iraq. Find out why ...
China's three gorges dam
Construction of the world's biggest reinforced concrete dam was finished in 2006. Find out where it is and what 28 million cubic metres of concrete actually looks like ...
Iran's nuclear programme
Are Iran's nuclear ambitions entirely peaceful?
Nuclear weapons technology
Civil and military nuclear processes are very similar - just how can you tell them apart?
Bird flu
Find out where the H5N1 strain of bird flu has spread, what it is, and what might happen if it spread among people in the UK.
North Korea's nuclear test
Find out more about the background to the test and where it happened ...
India monsoon, 2006
July 2006. The monsoon comes early to India and Bangladesh, leaving chaos and death in its wake ....
Kashmir earthquake, October 2005
In the aftermath of the devastating quake, the Guardian sent filmmaker Fergus Tighe into the mountains of Kashmir to find out just how bad things were. Follow his journey here ...
Malawi famine, 2005
In a desperate attempt to gain international aid, the authorities in Malawi declared the entire country a disaster area.
Philippines - landslide survivors
December 2004. Ten days after being trapped by a landslide, people are rescued from a buried house.
Earthquake in Iran
December 26 2003. Up to 300,000 people are feared dead after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Bam in Iran.
The Korean peninsula - recent history
How one country became two, starting from the Russo-Japanese war.
A brief history of Ukraine
From Kievan-Rus to Victor Yushchenko.
Russian school hostage crisis
More than 300 people, mostly children, were killed when terrorists set off explosives in a school in Beslan in September 2004. Find out what happened ...
The Rwandan genocide
More than 800,000 Rwandans were massacred by their neighbours in 1994. Find out why ...
Chile coup.
A military coup against the government of Salvador Allende in 1973 ushered in 14 years of dictatorship in Chile. Find out what happened ...
The Cuban revolution
We look at the pantomime of errors that made up Fidel Castro's early attempts at regime change.
A brief history of Burma
From King Thalum to Aung San Suu Kyi.
Liberia - a brief history
The roots of the conflict that have left 200,000 Liberians dead.
Kashmir, an interactive guide
The history of this disputed mountain region.
Guardian Christmas appeal 2006
Practical answers for the world's poorest people - from Nepalese ropeways to Sudanese mud stoves.
