Conflict in Myanmar's northern state of Kachin is forcing more people from their homes. A ceasefire between the government and the Kachin Independence Army ended in 2011. Since then, instability has been putting many

Coal-mining is partly to blame for making South Africa one of the African continent's worst polluters. Now, as South Africa tries to fight climate change, businesses have begun paying a carbon tax. Al Jazeera's

NEW DELHI: Iran has freed nine of 12 Indian crew from a Panama-flagged tanker seized on July 14, India's foreign ministry said Friday.Iran had accused the MT Riah ship of smuggling contraband fuel when

TUNIS: Tunisia has less than two months to organize snap elections following the death of president Beji Caid Essebsi, amid uncertainty over who could step forward to run the North African country. Essebsi, the

It has been a year since Imran Khan became Pakistan's prime minister following what many consider the dirtiest general election in the country's 73-year history, with opposition parties and international observers alleging that it was the all-powerful Pakistan

The governor of Hawaii, David Ige, has agreed to negotiate with protesters over the construction of a giant telescope. The $1.4bn project is being built on a mountain that is considered one of the

TUNIS: Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, who helped guide the north African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency said on Thursday.A leading figure in the country’s fortunes

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed three congressional resolutions barring billions of dollars in weapons sales to countries including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.The resolutions “would weaken America’s global competitiveness and

Spain's acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has lost a parliamentary vote of confidence after talks with the far-left to form a coalition government failed. Apart from the 123 lawmakers of his Socialist party, just one

Zimbabwe's minister of tourism has been held for questioning by a newly-constituted anti-corruption commission.  According to state-owned daily The Herald, Prisca Mupfumira was detained on Thursday over the alleged disappearance of millions of dollars at the