Malaysia says the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet now encompassed an area slightly larger than the entire landmass of Australia.

Myanmar has won international praise and the removal of most Western sanctions for wide-ranging reforms since the end of junta rule nearly three years ago. The long-isolated country has freed political prisoners, welcomed opposition parties into parliament and launched economic reforms. But with poverty and communal violence rife, many tough challenges still lie ahead.

A young girl's life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. Could this ever happen in the UK? This is what war does to children. Courtesy: YouTube/ SaveTheChildrenUK

Oscar Pistorius covered his eyes and ears in a South African court on Thursday as his neighbor, who is also a doctor, recounted the moments after he found Reeva Steenkamp shot in the athlete's home.

This animation explains how the European Parliament works.

Amazing footage of a bird smashing through a planes windscreen flying 1,000 ft above the ground. Courtesy: YouTube/bizitoto *HD*

A woman watching whales off the coast of Baja got closer to them than she expected. Courtesy: YouTube/Jordyn R

This video shows a metre long asteroid slamming into the moons surface which created the brightest explosion ever on the moon. YouTube/JM madiedo

Pussy Riot's video, called "Putin will teach you how to love the motherland" features a song and footage of the band's protests. Courtesy: YouTube/PussyRiotVideo

French police have arrested a 48-year-old man as part of their investigation into the 2012 murders of a British-Iraqi family and a cyclist in the Alps, the local prosecutor said. The man, from the Haute-Savoie region, was placed in formal custody and was detained following the release in November of an identikit image of a mysterious motorcyclist seen near where the quadruple murder took place.

Man has been convicted of three counts of attempted second-degree murder after an argument over loud music outside of a convenience store. A mistrial was declared Saturday on a first-degree murder charge after the jury couldn't agree on it.

Woman reveals she had a sexual relationship with her half-brother. Video / CNN

Rosie Batty, the mum whose son was killed by his dad in Melbourne talks to the media. Courtesy: Sky News

Schapelle Corby has been released from jail more than nine years after she was arrested for smuggling 4.2 kilograms of cannabis in a boogie board bag into Bali.

France's Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier says there is probably no risk "of massive pollution" near Bayonne, where a Spanish cargo ship hit a dyke and split in two, raising fears of a fuel leak.

This diver was very lucky that this massive great white shark did not want him for lunch. Courtesy:Facebook/Stanton Ashton

A horror highway smash has been caught on traffic video cameras and published by police in a hard-hitting new road safety campaign. A truck driver clips a car from behind on Auckland's southern motorway, near Manurewa. The car is spun across two lanes and smashes into another car, which is sent flying off the road. Incredibly, no one was killed. Courtesy Youtube/policenz

When will this all stop?, embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is filmed drunk again in public, this time he sounds Jamaican.

A tiny leukaemia patient charmed the world when he played the crime-fighting "Batkid" for a day in November. Now the San Francisco Make-A-Wish Foundation has released the official behind the scenes video of Batkid’s big day.

Opposition leader Vitaly Klitschko tried to calm the crowd near the parliament before clashes broke out on Sunday, Jan. 19, but failed, was booed out, and sprayed with a fire extinguisher. The fights came after parliament passed a series of undemocratic laws. Courtesy: YouTube/Jakub Parusinski

The mayor has been keeping a low profile since councillors censured him last month for his behaviour during a two-year affair with junior council adviser Bevan Chuang.

"If people say it's impossible we have to prove them wrong." Design students Anna and Terese took on a giant challenge as an exam project. Something no one had done before. If they could swing it, it would for sure be revolutionary. The bicycle is a tool to change the world. If we use bikes AND travel safe: Life will be better for all. Courtesy: YouTube/General Electric

Video from a firefighter's helmet camera following the crash landing of an Asiana Airlines flight in San Francisco shows rescuers were aware there was someone on the ground outside the plane, before she was fatally run over by a fire truck. Courtesy: CBS

To most people, putting a birdcage on your head and jumping into the ocean with a live tiger shark is an obviously stupid thing to do. But it took a close call for Gold Coast daredevil Shaun Harrington to learn that lesson the hard way. Courtesy: YouTube/freesurfmovies

Tens of thousands of dead bats have fallen from the sky as a "catastrophic" heatwave hits parts of eastern Australia.

With the 100-year-anniversary of the First World War approaching, families around Europe are contributing to a historical treasure trove uploaded online.

Video has emerged of a cocaine party inside a Brazilian jail. Video/Correio do Povo

Racing driver Scott Tucker charged over loan scam. Video/KMBC

After being shot in the hand and chest, the brave Sydney worker walked himself into a nearby police station. Video/7 News

A giant bluefin tuna sells at a Japanese auction for less than five percent of the record-breaking sum paid last year amid concerns over soaring prices for the prized delicacy.