US Senate trial gets under way as Democrats, Republicans battle over rules governing the proceedings.
New government installed after Russian leader unveiled plans to put proposed constitutional changes to a referendum.
The dam disaster in Brazil's Minas Gerais state killed more than 250 people almost a year ago.
Lebanon was without an effective government since Saad Hariri resigned in October.
The fate of the Affordable Care Act will remain uncertain until after the 2020 US presidential elections.
A US citizen who recently returned from a trip to central China has been diagnosed with the new virus, says the CDC.
Political and business leaders are in Davos for World Economic Forum as Oxfam report reveals global inequality.
McConnell abruptly changes proposed rules, backing off condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments.
Here's everything you need to know as the Senate trial of impeachment US President Donald Trump gets under way.
Protests over the economy eventually led to the fall of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. But the pound continues to fall – and prices continue to rise.
Lebanon's protesters resort to public shaming, forcing current and former officials out of public spaces.
A 'negative message' sent if Tehran abandons the decades-old Non-Proliferation Treaty that curbs nuclear weapons.
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to try to disperse stone-throwing youth.
Taal volcano alert level remains high as concerns grow about illnesses that may develop due to conditions in temporary shelters.
From old, dirty planes to hostile attitudes on board, people travelling from the continent describe second-rate service.
Award-winning filmmaker says has received death threats over Zindagi Tamasha, denies it has 'blasphemous' material.
Lawmaker offers cash to 'anyone who kills' the US president after drone-strike assassination of top Iranian general.
Supreme Court judges get ready to hear the first complaints against controversial new law.
Upper chamber shoots down government's attempt to remove Lord Dubs's amendment ensuring protections for child refugees.
Family of eight, including six children, among those killed by air attack in Syria, according to residents.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, head of UN-recognised government ponders United Arab Emirates' motives inside Libya.
Civil aviation authority says investigation ongoing to assess the impact TOR-1 missiles had on the accident.
The attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University shows Indian democracy may not have much time left.
The 1 percent does not have solutions for our system of inequality because they are its primary beneficiaries.
