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....
Turkey has recently moved thousands of Syrian refugees into a new shelter. The Kilis refugee camp is so far the most organised and well-equipped. But...
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 impoverished central Asian country is on the frontline of the heroin trade so international donors are funding a range of initiatives including training frontier...
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...
The Lebanese army has strengthened its numbers in the northern city of Tripoli, after fighting there between fighters loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and...
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...
The Socialist Party's Francois Hollande, was to be sworn in as France's president before naming a prime minister and dashing to Germany to battle with...
