The United States is eager to end its nearly 18-year involvement in the war in Afghanistan, which has killed tens of thousands of civilians, soldiers and Taliban fighters. But Taliban leaders are refusing to

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US special representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, had "a good discussion" on Friday with North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol on efforts to make progress

Al Jazeera has spoken to Palestinians who say they feel suffocated and trapped by the torturous process they're subjected to by Israeli authorities, just to go to work. From long, angry lines at checkpoints

Santa Cruz del Islote, Colombia (CNN) — From a distance, it's hard at first to determine what Santa Cruz del Islote actually is. Rising from the sea, the island -- one of the most

BEIRUT: Financial strains in Lebanon have been brought into focus by turbulence on markets where its dollar-denominated sovereign bonds suffered a heavy sell-off last week following comments by the finance minister about the public

ANKARA: A Turkish court sentenced a judge who previously won an award for human rights to 10 years in prison over links to the network Ankara says orchestrated an attempted coup in 2016, the

BEIRUT: Arab ministers have begun meetings in Beirut ahead of a regional economic summit that most regional leaders will not attend.The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, or AESD, is being held in Lebanon for

Five suspects have appeared in court in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi in connection with Tuesday's deadly hotel attack. The siege, which lasted more than 18 hours and claimed by the armed group, al-Shabab, left

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has rebuked the African Union (AU) over its calls to suspend the announcement of final results from its presidential elections, insisting that the Constitutional Court assessing the vote's legality was

Union leaders urged striking Los Angeles teachers to turn out en masse for a rally on Friday marking the fifth day of their walkout against the country's second-largest US school district, seeking to boost