Yulia Tymoshenko was convicted last year of criminally abusing her office as prime minister.

Farmers in West Timor have been battling prolonged droughts due to what experts describe as climate change.

Security Council's Taliban sanctions committee adds Pakistan-based group over deadly attacks inside Afghanistan.

Blast targets potential recruits outside an army base in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad.

It is reputedly the world's most dangerous race yet each year more riders risk all to take part in the Isle of Man TT.

Al Jazeera fact checks to what extent the US president has lived up to his 2008 campaign promises.

An interactive look at the key demographic groups who will decide the fate of the presidential election.

A look at the positions taken by the US presidential candidates on a range of issues at the forefront of 2012 election.

Vessels depart from Kismayo port under watch of Kenyan peacekeepers serving under AMISOM, despite UN ban on the exports.

How far will some Australian men go to achieve the perfect body?

There is another important story in the US election cycle. It has to do with the US congress.

Explore the demographic and political backgrounds of the battleground states set to decide the presidential election.

Meet the top consultants, advisers, and pollsters behind Barack Obama and Mitt Romney's candidacies.

Al Jazeera's special coverage of the 2012 US Presidential Election.

Prosecutors say they will seek death penalty for Robert Bales, accused of killing 16 civilians in a drunken rampage.

Minister says construction will start "this week" at hydropower plant dividing neighbouring nations.

The second edition offers iPad and iPhone users interactive and indepth analyses on the race to the White House.

As Egypt's Coptic Christians select a new pope, we ask how the growing role of Islam in politics impacts the minority.

Tony Harris takes a personal look at Baltimore's inner city and an education system failing black Americans.

Should US voters cast their ballot for those whose principles they share, or simply for the lesser of two evils?

"The Ambassador" goes undercover in Central African Republic's game of corruption to expose its players.

Obama and Romney will each visit several key battleground states; latest polls show Obama leading in many of them.

Public transport and media workers on strike as national parliament prepares to vote on tough new austerity measures.

Experts from University of Lausanne arrive in Ramallah ahead of the November 26 exhumation of Yasser Arafat's remains.

Taliban attacks have decreased in dangerous region, but some wonder if gains can be cemented without western support.

Qalandiya International aims to unite a geographically severed Palestine by creating sphere for self-expression.

An American ecologist probes the effects of chemical industry polluting water supplies, while battling cancer.

Opposition leaders threaten not to recognise the new parliament as thousands rally in Kiev to protest alleged fraud.

Car bomb in Hama kills 50 pro-regime fighters, while opposition figures continue their talks in Qatar.

As Egypt's Coptic Christians select a new pope, we ask how the growing role of Islam in politics impacts the minority.

Broadcaster NTV says three shots fired near Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office but that they are blank cartridges.

Desmond Tutu leads an experiment to build a network of inspirational leaders to tackle Africa's most stubborn problems.

Two Asian men killed and a third person injured as five homemade explosive devices go off in capital Manama.

Probe says 21 warnings about methane gas levels preceded explosion of November 2010 at Pike River coal mine.

Why does the US put so many people behind bars and what lies behind California's new push for leniency?

Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid appoints 10 ministers, including a woman who will serve as foreign minister.

Brahimi says transitional government needs formal political sanction, as opposition meets to reorganise in Qatar.

The 300,000-strong Afghan American community has seen little change as a result of US policy in their homeland.

Polls show President Obama enjoys a lead among female voters, while more men like Mitt Romney.

Glenn Greenwald, columnist for The Guardian, tells Al Jazeera's Ghida Fakhry that many of the voters who turned out in droves for Barack Obama, the incumbent, in the 2008 election now face disappointment with the president's first term.

City's mayor estimates storm Sandy severely damaged up to 40,000 homes.

Five people injured as rival militia groups clash for hours outside a state security building in Tripoli.

Government threatens to use force if necessary as opponents renew demand for new electoral law to be repealed.

Global warming has seldom been mentioned this year on the campaign trail, despite Obama's promise to the contrary.

China's Communist Party is about to confirm a new generation of leaders, but is the party resistant to change?

At least three officers killed and one wounded after assailants opened fire on their car in the el-Arish region.

President Hollande pledges to protect country's security from ripples of Syrian conflict.

Officials accuse unnamed UN staffer of publishing "unethical" reports, as UN calls expulsion a "breach of obligations".

Officials accuse unnamed UN staffer of publishing "unethical" reports, as UN calls expulsion a "breach of obligations".

Arvind Kejriwal has shaken the political establishment with a string of accusations against top leaders and businesses.

Though Obama and Romney are tied in the popular vote, the president is the favourite when it comes to Electoral College.

It is reputedly the world's most dangerous race yet each year more riders risk all to take part in the Isle of Man TT.