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Nearly two thousand mainly Shia Muslim workers who were sacked for their perceived participation in anti-government protests have not got their job...

Zambia's national football team has returned home to a hero's welcome, after winning the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations against all odds.

With an esco...

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Barack Obama, the US president, has submitted a 2013 budget on Monday and said the new proposal, including tax hikes on the rich and jobs programme...

Protests in Bahrain comes as an independent inquiry into human rights abuse conclud that Bahrain security forces used excessive force against prote...

In Athens, there is been a major cleanup operation after damage caused during anti-austerity riots on Sunday night.

Forty five buildings were bur...

Maldives' ambassador to the UN has said he will resign from his post on Al Jazeera's programme 'The Stream'.

Abdul Gafoor Mohamed said he is quit...

Maldives Ambassador to the UN resigns on the Al Jazeera program 'The Stream' over latest developments in his country.

One year after the Arab Spring began, the US State Department continues to deal with the crisis in Syria while working towards reshaping US policy ...

The British Medical Association says almost 1,000 people die in the UK each year because of a lack of donor organs.

With inadequate facilities and limited supplies, volunteers help treat wounded protesters who are afraid to go to hospitals fearing they will be ar...

Israeli diplomats targeted by car bombs in India and Georgia, leaving four injured and Israel's foreign minister promising a response.

Europe has successfully launched its new lightweight rocket from the Kourou base in French Guiana in South America.

Israeli diplomats targeted by car bombs in India and Georgia, leaving four injured and Israel's foreign minister promising a response.

Pakistan's prime minister denies contempt of court

over his refusal to re-open corruption cases against the

president.

This week the Qatar Open will feature the top three players in the Womens game.

And for the first time in nearly a year it's a different name tha...

A growing number of defectors from the Syrian army are filling the ranks of the opposition forces.

Soldiers who were taught to believe the opposit...

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Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister speaking at meeting with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Na...

The prospect of the forthcoming elections in Yemen is showing little sign of bringing unity to the country.

The vote, along with the departure of ...

Some highlights from the autumn season of 2011

Decades of war have left thousands of Afghan children orphaned, but corruption through the ranks leaves even those in orphanages without the proper...

A year on from when the uprising began, Bahrain has responded, in part, to calls for change made by an independent commission.

The US supports th...

Lebanon is beginning to feel the impact of escalating violence over the border in Syria, with clashes in the northern city of Tripoli. How bad is t...

US President Barack Obama will submit his 2013 budget plan to Congress later.

Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports from Washington.

Greece's parliament has approved tough austerity cuts in line with measures set out by international lenders for a new bailout, despite strong diss...

Fans of US singer Whitney Houston have gathered across the country to remember the fallen star, as some of the world's top entertainers paid tribut...

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Thousands of people are still missing in Libya, almost a year after the uprising there began. Many fighters were buried on the frontline in unmarke...

The US state department has released a series of satellite photos it says show Syrian heavy artillery positioned across the country.

Al Jazeera's...

Greek police have fired tear gas at protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs outside parliament, as politicians inside debated budget cuts.

Lawm...

Arab foreign ministers have agreed to ask the United Nations for a joint peacekeeping force and a special Arab ambassador to help halt the violence...

US oil company Chevron is taking legal action to contest a court judgment in Ecuador that ordered it to pay $18bn to indigenous communities.

Al Jaz...

As violence becomes worse in Syria, more soldiers are defecting from the army.

Al Jazeera's Jane Ferguson reports.

Four officers in the US state of Connecticut have been charged with using race as the primary reason for alleging that people have committed a crim...

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are joining a fellow inmate on hunger strike, after human rights groups reported that his life w...

Ahead of the African Cup of Nations final, Zambia supporters hope for a big win.

Germany's Labour Minister is calling for wage rises across the country after two years of strong economic growth.

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The US city of New York has a neighbourhood for almost every ethnic group, from Chinatown to Little Italy. But only three buildings remain from an ...

US Republican front runner Mitt Romney has won the caucus vote in the northeastern state of Maine. Romney's win with 39 per cent of the vote should...

A thick layer of air made up of soot, carbon emissions and smog is creating an Atmospheric Brown Cloud, scientists say.

Mohamed Waheed, the new president of the Maldives, has said that was open to an inquiry into how he took office.

Al Jazeera's Steve Chao has this ...

Houston one of the world's best-selling artists in the 1980s and 90s, is found dead in a hotel room in Beverly Hills.