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Attacks and blasphemy cases against minority sect spike, driven by rise of far-right group and a religious campaigner.

Momiji Nishiya has become the country's youngest gold medal winner at 13.

Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wins majority of seats in legislative assembly election, preliminary results say.

The surge came on the heels of positive comments from Elon Musk as well as on news of potential use by Amazon, Twitter.

Suspect was arrested following the assassination attempt at Bamako's Grand Mosque on Tuesday.

More women and children killed and wounded in the first half of 2021 than in the same period of any year since 2009.

Pakistan has won a record four hockey World Cups but is now missing from its second successive Olympic Games.

Thousands defied virus restrictions and scorching heat to demonstrate across the country.

The woman, identified as Suhayra Aden, also had Australian citizenship but it was revoked last year.

The sacking of Tunisia's parliament is the latest step along a bumpy road since the country's 2011 revolution.

Changes sent shockwaves across China's $120bn private tutoring sector, leading to a huge sell-off in listed firms.

Experts warn country faces rise in infectious disease even as it struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is in China's Tianjin to discuss the fraught ties between the two superpowers

Thousands of doctors working on contract to walk out, with months of lockdown doing little to curb the outbreak.

Philippine president's last State of the Nation address on Monday comes amid a pandemic that has killed more than 27,000

President accused of attack on its democracy after sacking the country's prime minister and suspending parliament.

Moses campaigned against segregation in the US South in 1960s and later helped improve minority mathematics education.

Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi to discuss bilateral relations.

Top US military commander says air raids will continue to assist Afghan forces amid sweeping Taliban offensive.

Israeli firefighters say they extinguished brush blazes in three points in a small area in the Eshkol region.

The environmental protection ministry says the risk assessment 'did not meet the conditions' stipulated by the ministry.

Adam Kinzinger will join committee investigating January's deadly US Capitol insurrection, House Speaker Pelosi says.

Translators and contractors in Afghanistan fear the resurgent Taliban as US and NATO troops leave.

Former PM Najib Mikati on course to become Lebanon’s prime minister-designate, but he faces Christian opposition.

Recent rise in infections is particularly among the unvaccinated, says Dr Anthony Fauci, who urged people to get jabs.

Iraqi PM will push for clearer timeline for removal of US 'combat' troops, Joe Biden seeks to stop armed group attacks.

France's 83-76 victory was the first Olympic men's basketball loss for Team USA since 2004.

War set to expand in Ethiopia as Amhara regional president calls on all people of age who are armed to mobilise.

The Somali women’s football team fights cultural barriers and funding problems in a bid to represent the country.

The attackers stormed Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State on July 5, abducting 121 students from their dorms.

New infections and deaths skyrocket as volunteers fill gaps in medical care.

Protesters in Tunis threw stones and demanded Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi quit and parliament be dissolved.

Indonesia has become Asia's COVID-19 epicentre with hospitals overwhelmed, particularly in Java and Bali.

As Mexico’s reservoirs run dry, the people stuck on the drying lake beds wonder how they will survive.

Most of the stands at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics remain empty of fans due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Social movements and scientists are staying out of the UN summit because it represents big agribusiness interests.

The persistent violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem and an Israeli desire for a revanche may rekindle hostilities.

The teenager squeaked into the final by 14-hundredths of a second, landing him in the far outside lane.

Ali scores brace for Qatar while holders Mexico thrash Honduras to book their place in the last-four.

The armed group has emerged as a strong player as US-led foreign forces pull out of Afghanistan after 20 years.

With the threat of ISIL resurgence ever-present in Iraq, al-Kadhimi stressed Baghdad was not seeking a full withdrawal.

Meteorological Department warns of further downpours over the next few days as rescuers scour the mud for the missing.

More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in western states.

Alizadeh on the verge of winning taekwondo medal after shocking Jones before beating China's Lijun in quarter-finals.

As US and Chinese officials meet in China, Al Jazeera examines the nations' relationship over several decades.

Brazil's Italo Ferreira and the US's Carissa Moore emerge victorious in the first surfing heats at the Tokyo Games.

Some 132 people accredited to the Summer Games have tested positive for COVID since July 1.

Chinese commercial hub cancels all flights, slows trains and closes businesses ahead of Typhoon In-Fa's landfall.

Hundreds were arrested during protests this month and many face charges of contempt, public disorder and vandalism.