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The agency says Egypt's worsening debt affordability led to its decision to cut the country's credit rating.

Funerals held for victims of attack on military academy during graduation ceremony.

The bank has actually been very successful - just not for the poor it's claimed to serve.

Afghan government has called Pakistan's decision to expel Afghans living in the country without approval 'unacceptable'.

President Joe Biden's government to carry forward a signature policy of former President Donald Trump.

Mohammadi is honoured for her fight against 'the oppression of women' in Iran at 'tremendous personal costs'.

Thousands are rescued but dozens remain missing two days after heavy rainfall prompted a glacial lake to overflow.

Rescue workers are searching for nearly 100 people after flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 40.

The incident comes as Turkey intensifies its military operation in northern Syria after a suicide bombing in Ankara.

Ravindra's story came full circle as his cricket-mad parents watched him make a World Cup 100 for New Zealand in India.

It is 50 years since the start of the war betweenIsrael, Egypt and Syria, known to Arabs as the October War.

The former president backs House Judiciary Committee chairman for the key position after removal of Kevin McCarthy.

Fifty years after the Arab-Israeli war, Israel continues to occupy the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza.

Fifty years later, it's clear the war not only transformed Arab-Israeli relations, but also global alliances.

The North Korean flag has been routinely hoisted whenever their athletes have made the podium despite a ban.

Performer faces as many as 12 years in prison after their punk rock rendition of the Lord's Prayer went viral.

Trump reported to have told Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt about tactical capabilities of US nuclear submarines.

Russia is financing 90 percent of $12.65bn project to build Bangladesh's first nuclear power plant in Rooppur.

Putin's prediction comes as concerns mount about future of US funding for Ukraine amid political turmoil in Washington.

Campaigning for historic vote on October 14 has exposed sharp divides in society and within the Indigenous community.

As the war enters its 590th day, these are the main developments.

Russian leader says grenade fragments found in bodies of those killed in crash where Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin died.

As Republicans deliberate to choose a new leader to succeed McCarthy, experts say next speaker will not have it easy.

European Council President Charles Michel says dialogue and diplomacy needed to resolve crisis.

The Russian president says Moscow could 'theoretically' withdraw from landmark nuclear test ban treaty.

In the wake of Argentina's first 2023 presidential debate, voters weigh in on the economy, abortion and Javier Milei.

People & Power investigates how AI-generated disinformation could threaten elections and democracies around the world.

Rights group says security forces arrest the mother of a teenager in a coma after an alleged confrontation with police.

Cricket fans slam organisers as the ICC Cricket World Cup gets underway amidst thousands of empty seats in Ahmedabad.

Relatives go to The Hague to pressure the court to go after leaders in Tunis over alleged rights abuses.

Officials say a boy, age six, among those killed in attack on Hroza village, where residents were attending a wake.

The West African nation's navy is stopping refugee boats at record rates. But who does that help - other than Europe?

Marwan Bishara explains how and why the struggles for Palestinian liberation and climate justice became one and the same

The attack takes place as a graduation ceremony comes to an end, Syria's military says.

Morocco, Portugal and Spain will be hosts for the 2030 FIFA World Cup while Saudi Arabia will bid to host in 2034.

In 2021, two-thirds of drug-related overdose deaths in the US were linked to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

Al Jazeera breaks down cricket terms that will help you understand one of the world's most widely-played sports.

The 2013 Lampedusa tragedy known as the children's shipwreck shook the world's conscience. Survivors still want answers.

Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan from the Republican Party have declared their candidacy for the role.

Ghana's low-income households and working class are feeling the effects as the country grapples with an economic crisis.

In a historical first, a member of Canada's First Nations community has become the leader of Manitoba province.

Renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs says the US should be pushing for negotiations and compromise to end the Ukraine war.

The Swedish Academy honours Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse with the Nobel Prize in literature.

Suicide bombing in Turkey, pre-election tensions in Egypt - here's the Middle East this week.

Canada's recent Nazi blunder raises uncomfortable questions about troubling aspects of Ukraine's past - and present.

The new video game offers a glimpse of Baghdad, once the capital of an empire and the centre of the Islamic world.

A deadly gunfight erupts near Shufa village in the Tulkarem area after an Israeli settler is attacked.

A photo posted on social media by the National Unity Platform appears to show party leader being seized by two men.

The search is hampered by the collapse of the main highway linking Sikkim to the West Bengal state and Gangtok.

The men are accused of selling a gun to a 14-year-old suspected of killing three people in the Siam Paragon mall.