UN says tens of thousands displaced by fighting between Yemen army and Al Qaeda.

Bahrain has sentenced opposition protesters to life in jail.

Protests are brewing in Syria's economic hub.

A reporter inside Syria talks to the real-life people affected by the protests and government crackdown.

Flemish parties allow debate on a bill offering amnesty to World War II collaborators.

June 17 is “I will drive the car myself day” in Saudi Arabia. Here’s why that matters.

Despite the ongoing violence, the government continues to insist it is implementing reforms.

But the family of Anna Politkovskaya say that investigators have still not established who it was that ordered her assassination in 2006.

Mladic, a former Bosnian general accused of orchestrating the Srebrenica massacre, had been on the run for a decade.

A campaign of mass arrests in Syria has seen at least 8,000 Syrians detained and thrown into prisons, where they are being tortured.

Analysis: The enduring legacy of the Arab Spring will be forged after the battles have ended.

American reporters Foley and Gillis said South African Anton Hammerl was shot by Gaddafi forces on April 5.

Dorothy Parvaz, an Al Jazeera reporter detained in Syria, shares her story.

Cargo ships will again try to break through Israel blockade to bring aid to Gaza.

A Danish company is the only manufacturer of US executioners' anesthetic of choice for lethal injections.

A new Oxfam report calls on the United States to take stock of its training of the local defense forces that are in danger of spinning out of control.

GlobalPost correspondent James Foley calls home in first contact since being detained in Libya.

A single act of brutality by Assad's secret police ignited protests that swept the country.

Syrian troops were reported to have shot dead up to 12 protesters as mass anti-government rallies went ahead in towns across the country on Friday

Members of a UN panel reject Richard Goldstone's retraction of controversial findings into the Gaza war.

A loose network of activists has managed to circumvent Syria's powerful control on information.

A nationwide ban on the wearing of full-face veils has taken effect in France, amid protests.

Israel has expressed regret over an Israeli artillery strike on Gaza that reportedly killed 5 people, including a child.

The Syrian government appears caught between pursuing reform and using violence to crush a protest movement.

Prominent politicians continue to resign over what they deem was an unnecessary show of force on Friday.