World's smallest ever film created
We are all used to Hollywood films with huge casts and budgets to match. Now, the world's smallest ever film has been created. It is an animation made using individual atoms - the building blocks of...
View ArticleIndonesia offers slum dwellers clean break
Indonesian authorities have unveiled a new scheme to clean up the capital's slums. They are offering people money and jobs to leave their shanty houses and move into apartments. Step Vaessen reports...
View ArticleShooting reported at Houston airport
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a ground stop for all flights from Bush Intercontinental Airport after shots were fired in Terminal B, according to KTRK-TV. The TV station said...
View ArticleFormer Pakistan PM welcomes Musharraf ban
Yousuf Raza Gilani was disqualified as prime minister in 2012 after refusing a Supreme Court order to reopen an old corruption case against the president. He was barred from holding office for seven...
View ArticleForeign wealth widens Singapore's inequality
Singapore's lower-class citizens are losing out to foreign workers as the affluent move in. Many wealthy individuals come to invest in property and park their assets, attracted by Singapore's low...
View ArticleAn all-German Champions League affair
With Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona knocked out of the European Champions League, it means that on May 25, London's Wembley Stadium will play host to an occasion with a distinctly German...
View Article'Braver than I could have dreamed of being'
Former NBA star John Amaechi has told Al Jazeera he is grateful for the step taken by Jason Collins, the NBA star who on Monday became the first elite male team athlete to come out as gay. Collins...
View ArticleMexico media fearful of reporting drugs war
The US has spent more than $1bn supporting the war on drug cartels in Mexico. But as Barack Obama, the US president, heads to Mexico, the situation is still so desperate in some areas that local media...
View ArticleIndian pitcher aims for major leagues
From a tiny village in India to the bright lights of professional baseball in the United States, Rinku Singh's incredible journey started when he won a reality TV show in his home country. Now his...
View ArticleUS urges Pyongyang to free Korean-American
The United States is calling on North Korea to immediately release one of its citizens, who was convicted to 15 years of hard labour in the communist state. But the case of Korean-American Kenneth Bae...
View ArticleUN urges regulation for 'killer robots'
Robots that attack and kill have long been the stuff of science fiction and Hollywood movies. In fact, Lethal Autonomous Robots are real and used, to some degree, in warfare today. A UN report is now...
View ArticleIsrael increasingly worried about Syria
Israel's leaders are increasingly worried about Syria. They fear Syria's advanced weapons, possibly including chemical ones, will fall into the hands of Hezbollah or, what they call, Islamists of the...
View ArticleDisplaced Myanmar Muslims 'denied treatment'
Muslims displaced by religious violence in western Myanmar say they are being denied adequate medical treatment. It has been 10 months since the violence started in Rakhine State. Al Jazeera's Wayne...
View ArticleMentally ill on US streets lack support
A rising number of homeless people who are mentally ill are not able to receive treatment in the US. Most homeless shelters only take in people who are deemed mentally stable and do not offer...
View ArticleSolar-powered plane set to fly across US
Two scientists will attempt to fly across the US using a solar-powered plane. The Solar Impulse is the brainchild of a pair of Swiss aviators and engineers, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg. It...
View ArticleQuestions raised over press freedom in Egypt
Egypt's media also had a revolution, and an explosion of new titles, programmes, and agendas, including political and religious extremes. But the media in Egypt also reflects the frustration of the...
View ArticleSyrian refugees riot over Jordan camp plight
From Turkey to Lebanon, the situation for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees is getting worse. Inside al-Zaatari camp in Jordan, people have rioted several times over living conditions. The...
View ArticleConcern over poorly trained Malian army
As French forces speed up their withdrawal from Mali, challenges of training the country's own army remain. Its soldiers lack discipline and there is a language barrier. But the biggest issue in the...
View ArticleVoter fraud hounds Malaysia's ruling party
Malaysia votes in a general election on Sunday and one of the main battlegrounds is Sabah. Sabah was once considered a swing state, but has been a stronghold for the governing coalition for almost...
View ArticleTanzania tribe evicted from ancestral land
The Tanzanian government has ordered thousands of Masai tribesmen to abandon traditional grazing lands to make way for a conservation site. But the Maasai are refusing to leave their . They say the...
View ArticleSaudi minister: US to remain energy dependent
Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi has called the US push for energy independence "naive," saying the country will continue to need Middle Eastern oil long into the future. Naimi said on Tuesday he...
View ArticleManila mayor candidates command little faith
Candidates have been campaigning in Manila for mayoral elections set to take place next month. Yet, the Philippine capital has been more in news for the rise in crime and decay of urban life than for...
View ArticleBolivia's Morales 'can run' for third term
Bolivia's constitutional court has said that President Evo Morales can run for a third term in elections set for December 2014. The court's ruling on Monday said language in the country's 2009...
View ArticleMyanmar Buddhists find identity in numbers
In a sign of growing religious divisions in Myanmar, some business owners are displaying stickers with symbolic numbers to distinguish themselves from their Muslim competitors. The numbers 969 refer...
View ArticleWebsite turns unwanted items into treasure
Freecycle, an online network where people can share and collect unwanted possessions for free, is becoming of the biggest environmental web communities. Set up 10 years ago by a group of friends, the...
View ArticleUN records spike in Iraq violence
April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed in bomb attacks and other violence, the United Nations Iraq mission said on Thursday. Iraq has grown more volatile as the...
View ArticleFor believers, UFO truth is out there
UFO enthusiasts are calling on the US government to end what they say is a truth embargo over the existence of alien life. They have gathered at a conference in Washington DC to share their stories of...
View ArticleBrazil's ex-president faces corruption probe
A Brazilian federal prosecutor has ordered an investigation into former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's alleged role in a 2005 vote buying corruption scandal. The investigation, currently...
View ArticleDutch welcome first king in 123 years
The Netherlands is getting ready for its first king in 123 years after Queen Beatrix abdicated after 33 years on the throne. Prince Willem-Alexander will take over the throne on April 30th, the...
View ArticleWest Bank farmers facing water shortage
Life for the farming communities in the occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley is becoming harder. Israeli settlements are steadily reducing Palestinians' access to water. The personal allocation for...
View ArticleInteractive robot soothes autistic children
Developing social skills is a big challenge for the growing number of children in the United States who suffer from autism. Now, however, some children are getting help with their interpersonal...
View ArticleJordan camp offers Syrian refugees hope
There are now nearly half a million Syrian refugees in Jordan. Most of them have been living in tents with few basic amenities. But a new camp, funded by the United Arab Emirates and run by the Red...
View ArticleLife in Spain's 'slum of shame'
The illegal settlement of La Canada Real, outside the Spanish capital, has become known as "the slum of shame". Thousands of people live there without running water or drains. Electricity is hijacked,...
View ArticleWorld Cup icon gives rugby a boost
Jason Robinson has domestic and world rugby league and union titles under his belt. A key part of England’s winning rugby union World Cup team in 2003, Robinson is helping the next generation...
View ArticleAthens mayor vows to ban 'racist' charity act
The Mayor of Athens has vowed to prevent an ultra-nationalist party from staging food handouts for Greeks-only in the capital's central Syntagma Square. Describing the planned handout as illegal,...
View ArticleFloods in Saudi Arabia kill 16 people
Sixteen people have been killed and three more are still missing after flash flooding hit parts of Saudi Arabia. The downpours have struck across the length and breadth of the country, from Hail in...
View ArticleAttack on Syria village leaves 'dozens dead'
Government forces and militia members loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have stormed the coastal village of al-Baida, killing at least 50 people including women and children, Syrian opposition...
View ArticleSaif al-Islam makes brief court appearance
Saif al-Islam, the son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has appeared briefly in court where a militia has held him since his capture in November 2011, a local council official has said. He is...
View ArticleTurkey struggles to contain Syria war fallout
With the conflict in Syria showing no signs of letting up, Turkey is increasingly worried that the civil war might spill over the border. This year, NATO sent six Patriot missile batteries to southern...
View ArticleFuelling geopolitics: The oil saga
This month, Al Jazeera aired a special four-part series on the hidden history of the western oil giants known as the Seven Sisters, and their role in defining the politics and economics of the world...
View ArticleLife after al-Shabab in Mogadishu
A year after the armed group al-Shabab was driven out of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, life is returning to normal in the city. But the relative calm has presented a problem. Somali police, whose...
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View ArticleMany in Chad sceptical of Mali offensive
The Chadian army has suffered the most losses in the French-led military offensive in Mali: 26 of its soldiers died in the battle that killed two senior al-Qaeda-linked leaders earlier this week. May...
View ArticleIn numbers: The death penalty in the US
Source: Al Jazeera Share Send Feedback Featured on Al Jazeera The neoliberal assault on academia The neoliberal sacking of the universities runs much deeper than tuition hikes and budget cuts, notes...
View ArticleEU sound limit aims to prevent hearing loss
The European Union estimates that five to 10 percent of personal-music-player users could develop permanent hearing loss if they listened at high volume for more than an hour a day. So from now on,...
View ArticleAfghan officials take control of aid spending
As NATO troops prepare to pull out of Afghanistan by next year, tens of millions of dollars in aid money is being handed to the local government. The money is meant for development and infrastructure...
View ArticleInteractive: Powering the Gulf
6 Source: Al Jazeera Featured on Al Jazeera The neoliberal assault on academia The neoliberal sacking of the universities runs much deeper than tuition hikes and budget cuts, notes Barkawi. The wrong...
View ArticleInfographic: Showdown Malaysia
8 Source: Al Jazeera Featured on Al Jazeera The neoliberal assault on academia The neoliberal sacking of the universities runs much deeper than tuition hikes and budget cuts, notes Barkawi. The wrong...
View ArticleGreek austerity cuts take heavy toll on trees
The forest service at Greece's Mount Olympus says illegal logging convictions have tripled over the last year. It comes as austerity cuts mean some people cannot afford basics like heating oil. They...
View ArticleMexico teachers dig in for fight over reforms
Mexico's powerful teachers union is about to become a little less powerful. The government has introduced new rules to curb its influence, but the teachers are not giving up without a fight. Al...
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