Syria is committing crimes against humanity as part of state policy to exact revenge against communities suspected of supporting rebels, Amnesty International said in a report released on Wednesday.
Middle East
China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it does not approve of excessive reliance on pressure or sanctions to address the crisis
Despite recent losses to the army in Yemen's south, al-Qaeda will be able to regroup as long as the country's political forces remain divided.
Egypt’s revolutionaries are angry, and rightfully so: They started this uprising 18 months ago and overthrew a dictator, only to find themselves politically marginalized. But Egypt’s two most powerful political forces seem determined to hold this runoff on time, and if they succeed, these latest protests (like so many others) will not rebalance the political equation.
It is still six months away, but already the first shots have been fired in what may turn out to be a very interesting face-off in Doha.
An exclusive report from the frontline in Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province.
Ayatollah Khomeini's vision of Iran as a beacon of Islamic democracy may not be the vision that some believe, but it is a vision that still holds true for the people who have made this journey today.
Web producer Gregg Carlstrom has sent us a photo of the small protest:
Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros, reporting from outside the police academy, said the judge in the case has the right to delay the verdicts f
The big story in Egypt tonight isn’t the presidential election, or the upcoming verdict in former president Hosni Mubarak’s murder and c
In a city where everyone is looking over his shoulder, it's nice to be able to concentrate on what you're doing.
