An escalating scandal in the United Kingdom about horsemeat illicitly included in processed foods has shed light on the complex cross-border nature of food industry supply chains and sparked concern about the European Union's food safety system. 　　British ministers have hinted that they would ban some EU imports if health... More

　　UN agencies have warned of a growing humanitarian crisis in Syria, as an estimated four million people there are in need of assistance. 　　UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said the opposition-held north of Syria remained largely out of reach of aid operations, even though they had been stepped up elsewhere... More

　　On Saturday, Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat died from wounds suffered while being held in an Israeli prison. Israeli officials claimed Jaradat died from a heart attack but now say the autopsy evidence is inconclusive. Palestinian officials determined his death was the result of torture. 　　Described as being in good health... More

　　Israeli restrictions and closures coupled with the worsening fiscal situation of the Palestinian Authority is causing "lasting damage" to the competitiveness of the Palestinian economy, the World Bank warns. 　　In a report issued on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of global donors in Brussels on March 19, the World Bank... More

　　The Western press and social media often seem to exercise two options for dealing with the Muslim population of the world: overt, unabashed Islamophobia or slightly subtler Islamophobia. 　　As Georgetown University's John L Esposito writes in the foreword to Nathan Lean's The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of... More

　　More than half the population of Syria is likely to be in need of aid by the end of the year, the UN high commissioner for refugees has warned, while labeling the ever-worsening crisis as the most serious the global body has dealt with. 　　António Guterres, who has led the... More

　　The Somali capital has suffered decades of war and failed governance, but is still looking to its future. 　　Here in Mogadishu, Somalia's shattered capital, a sustained period of relative calm holds, allowing the city's buildings to come back to life, thanks to a massive reconstruction effort. Laborers gather at dawn,... More

　　Anger and protests against the UN relief agency continue in Gaza, where Palestinians believe the agency should do more. 　　“It’s all so surreal to me,” 15-year-old Ala’a al Masri told Al Jazeera. “We have to try and satisfy our physical needs for vitamins and fruit by watching it on TV.”... More

　　When the military doctors force-feed Guantánamo Bay detainee Fayiz al-Kandari with a tube shoved into his stomach there are three stages to the pain. 　　First, there is the sensation of the tube passing near his sinuses as it is pushed through his nose and into his throat, which causes his... More

　　The rights of millions of refugees and migrants have been abused in the past year, Amnesty International has said in its annual report on global human rights. 　　The London-based rights group said on Wednesday that state authorities and employers were equally responsible for the suffering of vulnerable groups. 　　"The world... More

　　The UN torture watchdog has called on the UK to widen and speed up investigations into allegations that British forces tortured detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan and prosecute those responsible. 　　British inquiries into alleged abuses by its forces in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 have been slow and... More

　　Some 165 million children worldwide are stunted by malnutrition as babies and face a future of ill health, poor education, low earnings and poverty, the head of the United Nations children's fund said on Friday. 　　Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF, told Reuters the problem of malnutrition is vastly under-appreciated,... More

　　Turkey has been at the center of global media attention due to protests across the country in recent weeks. 　　Demonstrators have expressed frustration with policies of the ruling party, which led to clashes with police in Istanbul's Gezi Park adjacent to the city's Taksim Square. 　　Al Jazeera's Jamal El Shayyal... More