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 Jazeera's Tom Ackerman 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 crime.
Al Jazeera's Kimberly ...
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are joining a fellow inmate on hunger strike, after human rights groups reported that his life was in danger.
Khader Adnan ...
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 area once known as Little ...
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 allow him to reclaim some ...
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 exclusive report from a ...
Thousands of people have gathered in the Yemeni city of Taiz to commemorate the first anniversary of an anti-regime protest movement.
Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports ...
Democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has kicked off her bid to win a seat in Myanmar's parliament.
She held her first official rally in the township of Kawhmu, south of ...
It is a problem around the world: in South Africa metal theft costs the economy about one billion dollars a year.
As part of our special series on precious metals.
Al ...
International Olympic Comittee President Jacques Rogge believes a future games in the middle east is a realistic possibility. Rogge has been speaking exclusively to Aljazeera's ...
Scottish soul singer-songwriter Emeli Sande discusses her new album, Our Version of Events; marketing maestro Martin Lindstrom talks about his new book Brandwashed; and economist ...