Israeli air strikes level Hamas HQ
Palestinian officials say at least 45 Gazans have been killed and more than 390 wounded since Israel launched its aerial campaign on Wednesday. On Saturday, 15 Palestinians were killed and the Hamas...
View ArticleUS eases Myanmar import ban before Obama trip
The United States has said it will allow imports from Myanmar for the first time in a decade days before President Barack Obama arrives for a historic visit, the first by a US president to the former...
View ArticleWave of murders hit Brazil's largest city
Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo is experiencing a sudden increase in murder cases. There were over 30 murders in the state over the weekend - most in Sao Paulo itself. The murder spree started when...
View ArticleTragedy reopens Ireland abortion debate
The death of an Indian dentist who was refused a termination even though she was miscarrying, continues to make waves in Ireland. Savita Halappanavar's death due to septicemia last month has reignited...
View ArticleLebanon struggles with refugee spill
The crisis in Syria continues to send people over the border seeking safety. According to the UN more than 115,000 refugees are now in Lebanon. Some are in the small border town of Irsal. Al Jazeera's...
View ArticleIran arrests group linked to 'Zionists'
Iran's intelligence ministry has arrested people planning bomb attacks with the support of Western and Israeli spy agencies in the oil-producing province of Khuzestan, according to an unverified...
View ArticleIreland abortion refusal ignites uproar
Hundreds of people have protested in Ireland over the death of a woman who was refused an abortion. Savita Halappanavar was admitted to hospital while miscarrying and in severe pain, but doctors...
View ArticleAleppo ambulance volunteers take the strain
As the fighting intensifies in Syria, medical services are fully stretched. But nowhere more so than in Aleppo, where they are at breaking point. Now a civilian organisation calling itself "Sedk," the...
View ArticleSpain approves moratorium on house evictions
The Spanish government has approved emergency measures to help families who are unable to meet their mortgage payments. It is suspending evictions for two years for some low-income homeowners, in...
View ArticleMacau GP rocked by deaths
A Hong Kong racing driver died after his touring car slammed into a barrier and burst into flames on Friday in the second death in two days to rock the iconic Macau Grand Prix. Organisers gave no...
View ArticleDozens of school kids killed in Egypt's crash
At least 40 school children were killed when a train crashed with a bus south of Egypt's capital on Saturday, the official state news agency reported. The train hit the school bus from the city of...
View ArticleDesperate conditions for displaced Nigerians
Violence that followed elections in northern Nigeria last year forced thousands of people to flee their homes. That was 18 months ago. But in Kaduna city, hundreds of people are still living in a camp...
View ArticleMerkel and Putin clash over rock band jailing
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has clashed with the Russian president over the jailing of the feminist rock band Pussy Riot. Tensions flared in public after Merkel pushed the Vladimir Putin over his...
View ArticleOmani fishing entangled in success
The Gulf state of Oman is one of the few countries in the world that claims to be self-sufficient in fishing. Even so, some experts say the industry has become a victim of its own success. Al...
View ArticleNew Ebola outbreak erupts near Uganda capital
Up to three people have died in Uganda from an outbreak of the Ebola virus in its central region, near the capital Kampala, according to officials. Health Minister Christine Ondoa said on Thursday...
View ArticleIsraeli spokesman discusses Gaza attacks
Speaking to Al Jazeera about the Hamas rocket attack that killed three Israelis in the southern city of Kiryat Malachi, Mark Regev, Israeli spokesperson, says this kind of attack is "nothing new", and...
View ArticleTaking sides as Gaza conflict intensifies
The Israeli air strike that killed Hamas military leader Ahmed al-Jabari has started an all-out war between Hamas and Israel. It's the worst escalation of violence since Israel launched its war on...
View ArticlePakistan loses tracts of land to floodwater
Southern Pakistan has lost thousands of hectares of land to floodwater. In many areas farmers have been unable to grow crops and the local government is trying to reclaim the lost farmlands. Al...
View ArticleBacklash against Filipino political dynasties
Family dynasties have long dominated politics in the Philippines - and have been blamed by some for stunting the country's development. A law to curb their influence is still waiting to be passed, so...
View ArticleChina's new leadership led by Xi Jinping
State media says Xi Jinping is to take the reins of China's all-powerful Communist Party in a leadership transition that will put him in charge of the world's number-two economy for the next decade....
View ArticleCalls mount to scrap ASEAN human rights plan
Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will sign the groupâs first-ever declaration on human rights on Sunday with a clear statement on the supremacy of the Universal...
View ArticleTibetan self-immolations continue in China
Two more Tibetans have died after reportedly setting themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule, a rights group said, on the same day that the Communist Party unveiled its new generation of...
View ArticleChinese students prepare to study abroad
A generation of Chinese children are preparing to do something many of their parents could never have dreamed of - studying overseas. As the mainland's policy to the rest of the world continues to...
View ArticleChinese village cheers Xi's climb to power
News of Xi Jinping's new role has been well-received, notably in particular by one small village in eastern China. Xi visited the village of Xiajiang four times when he was governor of Zhejiang...
View ArticleChina internet censored for Party Congress
- It was by design, certainly no accident, that the Chinese Communist Party 18th Congress went off  without a hitch. As in past decades, the Congress was a tightly controlled and scripted event. In...
View ArticleSierra Leone readies for tight elections
Sierra Leone is preparing for a tight race in presidential elections with incumbent Ernest Koroma seeking a second term against his main competitor Julius Mada Bio. Koroma will have to get more than...
View ArticleRocket fired from Gaza lands near Jerusalem
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip has struck an uninhabited area outside of Jerusalem, causing no damage or injuries, the Israeli army said, shortly after air raid sirens wailed across the city....
View ArticlePetraeus testifies on Benghazi attack
David Petraeus, who stepped down from his post as CIA director after the revelation of an extramarital affair, testified on Friady morning at a closed-door congressional hearing about the attack on...
View ArticleDeadly oil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico
Two people have been killed and at least two others are missing after an offshore oil and natural gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico burst into flames, officials in the US state of Louisiana say. The...
View ArticlePalestinians begin work to open Arafat's tomb
Work has begun to open the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ahead of an exhumation of his body for a murder probe, a source close to his family said. "Today they started removing concrete...
View ArticleObama sets White House meeting on deficit
US president Barack Obama will invite Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House next week for negotiations about cutting the deficit and averting a series of automatic spending cuts and tax...
View ArticleSecond quake hits northern Myanmar
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Myanmar, hours after a stronger tremor killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more, the US Geological Survey says. The USGS said the quake, early on early...
View ArticleMyanmar announces amnesty for prisoners
Myanmar has pardoned hundreds of prisoners under an amnesty that appears to be a goodwill gesture just days before a visit by US President Barack Obama. The government ordered the release of 452 prison...
View ArticleGerman e-bikes charge into European markets
They have two wheels and can get you from one place to another with no effort, and they are taking Europe by storm. They are electric-powered bicycles, which are being built with the help of the...
View ArticleVenice submerged in near-record floods
The canals of Italy's famous city of Venice have been drenched by heavy rain, sending water levels soaring to near record highs. With a metre-and-a-half of water, 80 per cent of Venice was flooded at...
View ArticleThailand says Muslim fighters seeking peace
An armed anti-government campaign in southern Thailand that escalated in 2004 has killed more than 5,000 people. The violence is blamed on both ethnic Malay Muslims, and security forces have been...
View ArticleUAE adopts tougher cyber laws
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has set stricter Internet monitoring and enforcement codes that include giving authorities wider leeway to crack down on Web activists for offenses such as mocking the...
View ArticleIvory Coast wants diamond export ban lifted
Ivory Coast is calling on the United Nations to lift the ban on its diamond exports. The embargo was imposed in 2005, during the nation's civil war, to prevent the trade from financing arm purchases....
View ArticleHamas spokesman: We will respond
Hamas spokesperson Osama Hamdan speaks to Al Jazeera about the latest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, following the killing of Hamas's Ahmad Jabari. "Now they have started not only an attack, but...
View ArticleChina prepares for leadership transition
Security is tight in Beijing as China prepares for the Communist Party's national congress. The once-in-a-decade event will introduce a new generation of the country's leaders. Before the last congress...
View ArticleRoadside bomb kills Afghan civilians
A roadside bomb has killed 17 civilians in western Afghanistan, most of them women and children aboard a minibus returning from a wedding party in Farah province. "The latest toll we have shows that...
View ArticleBP to pay $4.5bn in oil spill settlement
BP Plc has pleaded guilty to criminal charges relating to its 2010 oil spill and agreed to pay an extra $4.5bn on top of the tens of billions it is already paying out. The British oil company said on...
View ArticleKenya hunts for suspects in police attack
Police in Kenya say 42 officers are now known to have been killed in the deadliest attack on police in the country's history. The officers were chasing suspected cattle rustlers on Saturday when a gun...
View ArticleClinton to testify over Benghazi attack
Hillary Clinton will testify before a congressional committee next month on the handling of the deadly September 11, attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The US secretary of state...
View ArticleSaudi gets life sentence over US bombing plot
A Saudi national has been sentenced to life in prison for plotting attacks on the Texas home of former US president George W Bush, nuclear plants, and other targets, prosecutors have said. Khalid Ali-M...
View ArticleEmbassy violence suspect dies in Tunisia
Bechir Gholli, a Tunisian detained in connection with an attack on the US embassy in Tunis in September, has died after going without food for nearly two months ago, his lawyer says. Another detained...
View ArticleAl Ahly hope for moment of magic
Egyptian club Al Ahly seek to cap a year of defying the odds by snatching away success when they take on holders Esperance of Tunisia in Saturday's African Champions League Final second leg. The Cairo...
View ArticleIOC urges transparent Indian vote
Elections for the presidency of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) later this month must be fair and transparent to allow the world's second most populous nation to tap its sports potential, the IOC...
View ArticleMany killed in string of Iraq bomb blasts
A series of car bombings and a roadside explosion have killed at least 26 people and injured more than 100 others across Iraq. In Baghdad, a car bomb targeting an army general's convoy blew up near the...
View ArticleJuventus held by Lazio in Serie A
Juventus dominated from start to finish but was held to a 0-0 draw by Lazio in Serie A on Saturday, just three days before their key Champions League match against Chelsea. Leonardo Bonucci hit the...
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