Warning: There are graphic images in this report which some might find disturbing. Activists in Syria say at least 90 people have been killed during...
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has boarded a plane bound for the United States, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested US-China relations....
Two of the main contenders for Egypt's presidential election are or were affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros reports from the group's...
Is the death penalty ever justified? As the world turns away from capital punishment, a select group of countries continue to execute at alarming rates....
The Santals, an indigenous group in Bangladesh, say the government is stealing their land. Authorities say the land will be used for development, but the...
African Union and Somali troops have seized the Al-Shabab stronghold of Afgoye near the capital Mogadishu, from which the al-Qaeda-linked fighters were pushed out last...