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

　　Israel's government avoided any show of satisfaction on Thursday over the ouster of Egypt's Mohamed Mursi, an Islamist president who alarmed many in the Jewish state but quickly made clear he would not renege on a peace treaty. 　　A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment on Mursi's... More

　　President Barack Obama recently stated the United States was not taking sides as Egypt's crisis came to a head with the military overthrow of the democratically elected president. 　　But a review of dozens of US federal government documents shows Washington has quietly funded senior Egyptian opposition figures who called for... More

　　Palestinians fear many detainees scheduled for release will only have a brief taste of freedom. 　　Dalia Hatuqa Last Modified: 12 Aug 2013 15:17 　　Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker 　　Email Article 　　Print Article 　　Share article 　　Send Feedback 　　In 2011, 1,027 Palestinian prisoners were freed in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad... More

　　More than two million Syrians have now fled their war-ravaged country, according to the UN refugee agency, marking the nearly 10-fold increase from a year ago. 　　In addition to the two million Syrians living as refugees, another 4.25 million people have been displaced within the country since the regime crackdown... More

　　What once was her right arm is now just a stub lying limp next to her torso. She sits with a far-away look in her eyes and a sad smile. Morium Begum was working inside Rana Plaza when it collapsed, in what has been dubbed the deadliest garment factory accident... More

　　The Palestinian economy could expand by over a third if Israel were to lift its restrictions on about 60 percent of the West Bank that it controls, the World Bank said. 　　"More than half the land in the West Bank, much of it agricultural and resource rich, is inaccessible to... More