The illegal sale of children makes up more than half of all the cases of human trafficking around the world, according to recent estimates. 　　Traditionally it has involved the exploitation of children in poorer nations, but an Al Jazeera investigation has found that it is also happening in developed countries,... More

　　The Philippines and the Muslim group hope to sign a deal by April next year over Muslim homeland, officials from both sides said on Wednesday. 　　Both parties are pushing to finalize the deal, which involves bringing back international monitors to the region, before Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's term ends in... More

　　The recent arrest warrant issued in London for former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is more than justified. 　　This woman, along with two other Israeli leaders, Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak, stood at the helm of the Israeli government that ordered, supervised and charted the genocidal onslaught against the Gaza... More

　　The call for over 30,000 more troops to be sent to Afghanistan is a travesty for the people of that country who have already suffered eight brutal years of occupation. 　　It is also a harsh blow to the US soldiers facing imminent deployment. 　　As Barack Obama, the US president, gears... More

　　It is not hard to see why Alla Gul is upset. Her two-year-old daughter cries weakly in her arms with barely enough energy to eat. 　　The child stares vacantly at the other patients in the Charikar hospital ward, her muscles wasted with malnutrition, her angular bones protruding like twigs beneath... More

　　The first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo's Camp X-Ray eight years ago, on January 11, 2002. Just over seven years later, President Barack Obama-on his second full day after taking office-issued an order to shut the prison within a year. 　　His rhetoric was clear and decisive. "There is no time... More

　　Governments around the world, including those of Arab and European states, have colluded in the secret detention of 'terrorism suspects', UN investigators have reported. 　　An extensive report, released on Wednesday, paints a disturbing picture of a systematic secret detention program involving many countries. 　　Officials found that secret detention "may even... More

　　The failed attempt by the New Life Children's Refuge to take 33 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic has shed light on the activities of groups that disregard the rules of international 'adoption'. 　　Even before the earthquake, Haiti was known as a nation of orphans. Now there are countless more.... More

　　How the mighty have fallen. Just a few years ago, an overconfident Bush administration expected to oust Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, pacify the country, install a compliant client government, privatize the economy, and establish Iraq as the political and military headquarters for a dominating U.S. presence in the Middle East.... More

　　US President Barack Obama does have a foreign policy. It's called war. 　　The President has not defined any real difference between his hawkish approach to international issues and that of his predecessor, former US President George W. Bush. 　　Where's the change we can believe in? 　　Bush left a legacy of... More

　　Allegations that the Israeli secret service, Mossad, was behind the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai are gaining strength. 　　The accusation originated with Hamas after the 49-year-old was found dead in a hotel in Dubai last month. 　　Israel, unsurprisingly, has neither confirmed nor denied that Mossad operatives carried... More

　　For more than half a century, the Mossad has been blamed for numerous killings around the world, and is often at the centre of conspiracy theories, including those surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 1998 Lockerbie bombing and the 911 attacks in the US. 　　While some of its... More

　　"This was a big one. A really big one,'' said Dr. Tim Dixon, geophysics professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Miami, speaking of the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck near Chile Saturday morning. 　　How thunderous is 8.8 quake on the Richter scale? The energy released... More