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The Boston marathon bomber suspects are ethnic Chechens who spent some of their childhood in Dagestan and then moved to the United States.

Chechny...

There is a palpable sense of relief in Boston tonight.

The second suspect in the marathon bombings is in custody. The other, is dead.

Law enforce...

Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar -- the men the United States government accuses of planting two bombs near the finish line of the Boston...

Dozens of people have been killed by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Western China. Chinese media say the number of dead and injured could be as high...

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's northeastern coast around 0546 GMT on Friday.

It caused a four-metre tsunami in the port city of Kamish...

A 8.9-magnitude earthquake has triggered a tsunami along Japan's north-eastern coastline, and scores are feared killed.

Cars, boats, homes and peop...

According to the government Chinese children are becoming super-sized, prompting concerns that it could lead to an obesity epdiemic.

Al Jazeera's M...

A growing number of rap artists are leaving the bad boy hip hop lifestyle for a more spiritual one.

The Canadian Dawah Association says that an in...