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Protesters have defied curfews to demand change in Africa's last absolute monarchy.

The OPEC+ plan to loosen taps hangs in the balance after a key member objected to the deal late Thursday.

Gholamhossein Ejei will replace Ebrahim Raisi, who takes office in August as president after winning June 18 election.

Sea rescue group witnesses Libyan authorities shoot at crowded boat crossing Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

Former CFO Khalid Al-Dabbagh was at the forefront of the roadshow for the listing on Riyadh’s bourse.

Claims fell to 364,000 last month, the lowest reading in 16 months as the labour market continues to heal.

Wally Funk is an 82-year-old pilot who was denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender.

Officials from 130 countries and jurisdictions, including India and China, have agreed on the US's broad outline.

Israeli military uses pop music, trendy hashtags and interactive games to convey its messages to over 100,000 followers.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has annulled Turkey's ratification of the Istanbul Convention.

By allowing much-needed aid to reach starving Tigrayans, the Ethiopian PM may prevent his country's disintegration.

Winning coalition sees victory at syndicate election as reclaiming another civic space entrenched by sectarian parties.

Humanitarian agencies say they struggle to reach people in need, warn of 'drastic' deterioration unless things change.

From 49.6C in Canada to 53.2C in Kuwait, Al Jazeera looks at where the hottest places are on Earth.

Ruling could make it easier for other states to impose voting rules widely seen as discriminatory.

Monthly increases would amount to less than 0.5 million barrels per day, a source told Reuters news agency.

Hespiburada.com, one of Turkey's largest online shopping platforms, sold shares at $12 apiece.

UN health agency sounds alarm and calls for 'discipline' as highly infectious Delta variant races through region.

Longtime CFO faces state tax charges after a grand jury indicted him and his employer.

Contract staffers at Nigeria’s banks can work for years without a raise, promotion, benefits or job security.

Fouad Kakaei was freed after a retrial, but the gov't continues to prosecute asylum seeker pilots.

A cinematic dialogue between Western perceptions and the Congolese experience of reality.

Alert for Taal escalated from level 2 to 3 on Thursday.

The remarkable stories of two Arab immigrants to Germany and the US - a logo designer and an atomic scientist.

COVID, politicisation and the European Champions have worn the gloss off the world's oldest football tournament.

Nine European countries to accept travellers inoculated with India-made version of AstraZeneca vaccine, sources say.

“It's a sort of virtual autopsy.”

Daily infections rise threefold on the continent with more than a dozen African countries reporting their worst figures.

Attackers set houses ablaze and open fire on civilians in an overnight raid in Beni's Beu district.

PA justice minister says activist Banat subjected to physical violence, his death in custody is an exceptional case.

Amid growing climate anxiety, we investigate the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest under President Jair Bolsonaro.

William and Harry will meet for a ceremony in central London after months of friction caused by royal family rows.

German interior minister says UEFA seems to have been driven by commercial considerations.

Decency cannot permit the quick whitewashing of Rumsfeld’s repellent legacy.

Is the violence of the US and Israel really more legitimate and morally acceptable than that of terrorist entities?

One woman was hurriedly married off to fellow Sikh, the other sent back to her parents while the two men are in custody.

President Joko Widodo says the restrictions will begin on Saturday and last until July 20.

Since the formation of the People's Republic of China, the Communist Party has sought to control China's history.

Death toll rises to 18, with 145 people still missing and feared trapped in the rubble a week after high-rise collapsed.

We investigate the plight of seafarers, abandoned at sea during the pandemic, and their quests to get home.

Hundreds took to the streets to demand the gov't's resignation over IMF-backed reforms.

Messi’s future has been unclear since he had his request to leave the club denied at the end of the 2019-2020 season.

Army troopers deployed to patrol alongside civilian forces during the shutdown beginning on Thursday.

Nutritious, packed with protein and easy to grow, one insect farmer is promoting crickets as a sustainable food source.

The Stream looks at the humanitarian memoir, ‘I Am a Girl From Africa’.

Chinese president says only the Communist party could 'save' China and that people and party cannot be separated.

People in isolated nation reel from impact of sanctions, COVID-19 border closure and extreme weather.

The party has made much of championing women but the more senior the role the fewer women there are.

The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all ended the session posting fifth consecutive quarterly gains.

Colleagues kindly remember Rumsfeld, but rights groups, reporters and others call attention to wars and torture.