Florida election officials on Thursday ordered a hand recount of ballots in a closely fought US Senate race between Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and his Republican challenger, Governor Rick Scott. Nelson trailed Scott by

Argentina's Senate approved an austerity budget for 2019 on Thursday that cuts social spending and raises debt payments to meet the stiff requirements of a $56bn International Monetary Fund bailout. The budget projects a

At the end of the summit, a weak statement was issued, calling for accountability, but still offering support to Myanmar.

Heba is a young Iraqi woman with a good job as an electrical engineer and the prospect of a decent future. At 28, she owns a modern flat in the newly-built Bismayah New City

The European Union says it is launching a comprehensive review of its policies towards Tanzania after government pressure forced the bloc's ambassador to leave the country. The EU announced on Thursday it would resume dialogue with

MISRATA: Dozens of migrants have barricaded themselves in a container ship in the Libyan port city of Misrata for the past five days, after being picked up at sea, and refuse to disembark, saying

Cool weather helped fire crews gain ground against the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century on Thursday, as the search went on for more bodies. At least 56 people were killed in the Northern

Morocco's King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron have inaugurated what has been described as Africa's fastest train, with a trip from the northwestern city of Tangier to the capital, Rabat. The railway, known

A court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Shahidul Alam, an award-winning photographer who was arrested after he gave media interviews about student protests that gripped the country, his lawyer has told Al Jazeera.

The Vatican has delayed a vote by Catholic Church leaders in the United States on measures to tackle sexual abuse by priests. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has been told to wait until next