The Syrian conflict on the streets of LebanonBy Sue Turton in Middle East on February 11th, 2012The sprawling housing estate of Bab al-Tebbeneh north of Tripoli sits cheek-by-jowl alongside the Jabal Mohsen estate. They are neighbours but...
Syria Live BlogBy Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 11th, 2012People continue to take to the streets across Syria, where the uprising is becoming increasingly militarised. Activists say more than 7,000...
Egypt: Revolution or Coup?By Sherine Tadros in Middle East on February 10th, 2012Last year, on February 11, I was standing next to the main stage in Tahrir Square when the evening call to prayer rang out. All you could...
Yemen Live BlogBy Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 10th, 2012Al Jazeera staff and correspondents update you on important developments in the Yemen unrest. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived...
Cambodia's vulture restaurants take offBy Stephanie Scawen in Asia on February 9th, 2012Want to see vultures in the wild? You'd better be prepared to get up early. Like 4:30am early! And if you want to get in real close, you'd also...
Trading blame over Maldives turmoilBy Steve Chao in Asia on February 9th, 2012To the tourist, who has booked a vacation paradise, it is easy for him or her to never see the political turmoil that has gripped the tropical...
Rogge happy to take the heatBy Lee Wellings in Europe on February 9th, 2012The temperature outside the IOC headquarters in Lausanne is minus 12, but Olympic president Jacques Rogge is warming up as he talks about the...
Football - the love affairBy Robin Adams in Africa on February 8th, 2012It's so easy to get caught up in the romance of football. Or maybe it's just me?Every so often a team comes along, and their story just pulls on...
Egypt Live BlogBy Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 6th, 2012Al Jazeera staff and correspondents update you on important developments in Egypt. Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from...
An African Spring in Senegal?By Barnaby Phillips in Africa on February 5th, 2012For more than a year, opposition supporters in some of sub-Saharan Africa's more repressive countries have hoped that the wave of pro-democracy...
Fighting back against Assad's forcesBy Jane Ferguson in Middle East on February 5th, 2012Within half an hour of arriving at the activists’ office in Homs, I was in a car and careering past the sound of sniper fire.These citizen...
What's next for Egyptian footballBy Andy Richardson in Africa on February 5th, 2012Al Ahly is a football club that has long been famous as a focal point for patriotism and political discussion.Right now it is a meeting point...
Teapots, Nukes and the IAEABy Imran Garda in Americas on February 4th, 2012A few months ago I had an email exchange with the former Deputy Director General of The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Bruno Pellaud...
Bahrain Live BlogBy Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on January 31st, 2012Despite numerous government crackdowns, Bahrain's Shia-led protest movement continues to call for more political rights.Al Jazeera is not...
An unequal football legacyBy Andy Richardson in Africa on January 30th, 2012It was a scene that must come close to defining irony - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang introducing himself to the Libyan players...
Homeless cat in the empire's hatBy Imran Garda in Americas on January 30th, 2012"I know them all. This one on the wheelchair, with everybody around her. She sells heroin. That guy who’s looking at you like that - he’s high...
Cuban revolution reloadedBy Teresa Bo in Americas on January 30th, 2012The Florida keysBy Alan Fisher in Americas on January 29th, 2012The Florida primary is always an important point in the presidential nomination process in the US. But after Newt Gingrich’s surprising...