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The first group of 30 United Nations monitors is expected to arrive in Syria shortly, after the security council unanimously approved their mission...

Election officials in Egypt have barred some of the leading candidates from running for president.

The list includes several high profile names, ...

Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf speaks to Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president.

Election panel excludes 10 presidential hopefuls, including Muslim Brotherhood candidate and ex-spy chief Omar Suleiman.

A booming population means that authorities battle to prioritise the safeguarding of Karachi's landmark buildings.

Syrian ambassador to UN, Bashar Ja'afari, responds to resolution reached by the UN Security Council.

Social networks, internet dating and online shopping have all been successful web enterprises.

Now a German pig farm is going the whole hog by pr...

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Al Jazeera talks to Colonel Alsawarmi Khalid Saad, the Sudan military spokesman, about the latest on the conflict in the town of Heglig.

As the Muslim Brotherhood calls for a political ban against members of the old regime, who stands to gain from the power struggle?

South Sudan says its northern Unity State is being hit by sustained Sudanese air attacks.

Sudan previously maintained it is not attacking civilia...

Earlier today Al Jazeera's Can Hasasu reported from southern Turkey's Hatay Province.

He said Turkey had received reports of violence during peace...

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's finance minister, talks about her candidacy for the presidency of the World Bank; and French journalist Christia...

Felicity Gerry, a British barrister, discusses how to combat sex-trafficking; Filippo Grandi of UNRWA and Yasmeen Rabah, a Gazan Youth representati...

Syrian refugees in Turkey tell Al Jazeera that they are not holding out much hope for a ceasefire.

As the World Bank is expected to select a new president, we discuss what challenges the institution is facing. Guests: Elaine Zuckerman; Mark Weisb...

US has seen a spate of gun-crime incidents in recent weeks, but government figures show that violent crime has fallen since 1990s.

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Hundreds of soldiers continue to search for 36 abducted gas workers in the jungles of Peru.

The government believes that the hostages were taken by...

We analyse the words and issues central to the dispute between Iran and Israel with Israel's deputy prime minister.

Listening Post puts social media in Syria under the spotlight and asks who and how much to trust.

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has told Al Jazeera that the US-led regional war against drug trafficking

is being lost and requires a chan...

A diplomatic row is brewing between India and the United States after Bollywood film star Shahrukh Khan said he was detained by US authorities for ...

Libya's interim government has stopped paying some former rebel fighters.

The National Transitional Council says it is investigating claims that m...

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No breakthroughs expected at talks, but diplomats say there is hope that substantive issues will be discussed.

The United Nations Security Council has postponed a vote on sending unarmed observers into Syria.

The Sudanese army says it is advancing on the town of Heglig, days after the South Sudanese army captured it.

Sanctions against Myanmar should be suspended. That's the opinion of Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, who has been visiting the South Asian...

A group of Dutch architects making stylish buildings from waste materials; a new way to tackle Australia's 200 million poisonous cane toads; the dr...

The world's eyes are on North Korea after its failed rocket launch, but some also want to keep the focus on Pyongyang's human rights record. Politi...

The rising cost of living means that estivities are a little subdued this year in Sri Lanka.

Thousands of Egyptians have protested in the capital Cairo.  

They want officials who served under the former President Hosni Mubarak to be banned...

We look at the debate surrounding military vs. civilian trials.

As an interim leader is sworn in, we ask if he can bring the country back from the brink of a humanitarian crisis. Tiebile Drame, Jonathan Offei-An...

According to a poll, Australia rates number one in the world for bullying on social networks, with 9 in 10 families reporting a brush with bullies ...

When we talk about the world's hunger problems, there are several countries we associate with them, the UK is not usually one of them.

But povert...

As Barack Obama urges a new tax on wealthy Americans, we ask what less money for the super rich means for the rest of the US. Alan Viard, Andrew Fi...

There's been global condemnation of a rocket launched by North Korea, which broke up minutes after lift-off and plunged into the sea. Harry Fawcett...

Thousands of unemployed people and pensioners have demonstrated in Rome to send the government an ultimatum against cutting pensions and affecting ...

There has been a worldwide condemnation of a failed rocket launch by North Korea.

Pyongyang had said it was carrying a weather satellite into space.

Guinea Bissau's military says it has arrested the prime minister after a coup.

The governing body of Formula 1 has confirmed that the Bahrain Grand Prix will continue as planned.

Continued unrest and concerns about human righ...

A group called Ansar al-Din who have been fighting along the main Tuareg rebel group in Mali say they have established a state based on Islamic law...

A large protest is taking place in Egypt's Tarhir Square, where people are marching in support of a new law that bans Mubarak-era officials from ru...

There have been reports of mortar fire in Guinea Bissau as part of a coup in the capital.

At this stage, the whereabouts of the prime minister, an...