Last week, Malaysias former prime minister, Najib Razak, went on trial in one of the biggest corruption scandals the world has seen. The case involves the state ...

A "troika of tyranny". That is how the US National Security Advisor John Bolton described Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, after announcing new sanctions on ...

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The demand comes hours after North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un reportedly oversaw the test launch of, what it calls, a new weapon system. It would be the first ...

In Australia, more women are in prison than ever before. In the last decade, the female prison population has soared by more than 75 per cent. Filmed over three ...

In a matter of hours, US Attorney General William Barr is expected to release some of the information from Special Counsels Robert Muellers investigation into ...

As around 900 million Indian voters begin deciding who should be their next leader, an increasingly troubling question is looming over the countrys general ...

At least 14 passengers in Pakistan have been killed in an attack in the coastal town of Ormara. Gunmen ambushed a bus on a highway in the southwestern ...

Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia, 69, has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in the capital. The two-term president was being investigated ...

Sudans deposed President Omar al-Bashir has been sent to the countrys most notorious jail, according to some reports. Since the army forced him to step down ...

Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky maintains lead over Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko in opinion polls ahead of Sundays runoff of in presidential election.

International architects will be invited to help recreate the Notre Dame Cathedrals spire, which was destroyed in Mondays fire. French President Emmanuel ...

Is US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar under threat? | The Stream

Ilhan Omar endangered? Since she took office, US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has faced a barrage of criticism from President Donald Trump, his supporters ...

French president promises to reconstruct fire-damaged cathedral within five years The Notre Dame in Paris survived wars, revolutions and political turmoil.

A group of people carrying weapons and French diplomatic passports have been stopped by Tunisia while attempting to cross from Libya. The incident at the ...

Early counting of votes in Indonesias election suggests the incumbent, President Joko Widodo, has beaten his challenger Prabowo Subianto. Official results ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has unveiled a billion-dollar investment programme to improve infrastructure in the countrys most important port city, ...

The first shipment of humanitarian aid from the Red Cross has arrived in Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido have been ...

This week marks the anniversary of the start of a political crisis in Nicaragua. President Daniel Ortega has led the crackdown on opposition protests with more ...

The administration of Ethiopias South Eastern Somali regional state has announced plans to turn a recently closed prison into a museum. The Ogaden jail in the ...

Filmmaker: Mohamed Kenawi As long as there is war, poverty and insecurity in Africa and the Middle East, migrants and refugees will try and seek a better life in ...

Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkareem Zubaidi said on Tuesday that two armed groups of Europeans coming from Libya crossed the border and were forced to ...

Indonesians have voted in elections to choose a president and members of parliament. Incumbent Joko Widodo is fighting a challenge from former army general ...

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called climate change a hoax, but rising water levels at a beauty spot near the White House may be making a ...

Right-wing media in the US have attacked congresswoman Ilhan Omar over her comments on the September 11 Twin Towers attacks. The New York Post has ...

Palestinians are marking Prisoners Day to honour the thousands of men, women and children held as political prisoners in Israel. But the families of jailed ...

India, home to the worlds biggest election. 1.3 billion people, 900 million eligible voters. Voting lasts for more than a month and happens at more than a million ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to restore the centuries-old Notre Dame Cathedral within five years after a huge fire destroyed its roof and spire.

Mexicos Popocatepetl volcano has been spewing lava and ash for weeks. But the increase in activity has not scared the thousands of people who live in the ...

The chairman of Algerias Constitutional Council, Tayib Belaiz, has quit his post. Anti-government protesters had been calling for his resignation, saying he was ...

Car sales around the world are slumping, with many blaming trade tensions between the United States and China. But that has not stopped global carmakers to ...

More than 800 years of history, and it took less than 12 hours for much of it to go up in flames. After controlling the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, the ...

Four years of war in Yemen have killed thousands of people and created what the UN say is the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. New evidence is linking some ...

Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and has been home to invaluable works of art and artefacts. One of the most ...

South Korea is marking five years since the Sewol ferry disaster that killed 304 people. Most of those who died were schoolchildren. Al Jazeeras Rob McBride ...

Reporters in Tanzania have long had to be creative when covering sensitive matters on politics, government and the economy. But, according to press ...