World Stories

World leaders are set to meet with members of the Somali government to co-ordinate efforts against piracy, poverty and famine, and to discuss the country’s civil war. Forty countries will be represented at Thursday’s conference in London, and attendees include … Continue reading →

  A powerful blast at a bus stand in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 12 people, hospital officials have told Al Jazeera. Dozens more are said to have been wounded in the blast, they said, … Continue reading →

A busy commuter train has crashed at a Buenos Aires station, killing at least 49 commuters and injuring more than 500 others. The train came in too fast and hit a barrier at the end of the platform at about 20km … Continue reading →

A series of bomb blasts and shootings in Baghdad and other areas of Iraq have killed at least 24 people and injured another 72 people, sources tell Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from the Iraqi capital on Thursday, … Continue reading →

Ethiopian and Somali troops have captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa from al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab fighters, who have vowed to avenge the loss. Baidoa, 250km northeast of the capital Mogadishu, is one of the main bases of the anti-government group, and … Continue reading →

More than 60 bodies, of both civilians and armed fighters, were recovered on Wednesday from the neighbourhood of Bab Amr after an afternoon bombardment, activists said. Among those killed were Marie Colvin, a US reporter working for the UK’s Sunday … Continue reading →

Al-Shabab fighters face increasing pressure from regional armies and pro-government forces Ethiopian and Somali troops have captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa from al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab fighters, who vowed to avenge the loss. Baidoa, 250km northeast of the capital Mogadishu, is … Continue reading →

A packed train has crashed into the end of the track in a Buenos Aires railway station, killing at least 49 morning commuters and injuring more than 500 others, with the death toll expected to rise, Argentine officials say. The passenger train came in too fast … Continue reading →

Omar Shakir, an activist in the neighbourhood of Bab Amr, told Al Jazeera that the deaths of Marie Colvin, a US reporter working for the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper, and French photographer Remi Ochlik occurred as a building used by activists as … Continue reading →

Australia’s government faces a mounting crisis after Kevin Rudd, the country’s foreign minister, said he was resigning from his post over a widening rift with Julia Gillard, the prime minister. “The simple truth is that I cannot continue to serve as … Continue reading →