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Al Jazeera speaks to a witness who watched dramatic events of 26 September 2014, when 43 students went missing.

Ban also includes Seat, Skoda and others VW Group brands which may have devices designed to tricking emission tests.

The Defense Department has responded to mounting allegations that U.S. soldiers were told to ignore Afghan troops abusing children by insisting there was "no such policy" at the time. But lawmakers and those who served ...

Remus Hamza, from Cardiff, is due to appear before magistrates over the alleged attack on a 20-year-old woman.

Authorities say the man identified as Adem Karadag was seen on CCTV, despite earlier saying it was unlikely either of the two men detained were the bomber Thai police on Saturday said a foreigner held in custody over las...

Four years ago, Mun Su Gyong's parents in Pyongyang received a letter from their daughter, colorfully decorated with pink hearts, embellished with cut-out photographs of her. Because the majority of the country doesn't h...

Russia exchanges Estonian convicted of spying for man who passed secrets to Moscow

As UN peacekeeping veers toward counterterrorism, US urges Europe to donate high-tech skills

Kurdish rebels, civilians and soldiers killed after PKK launches attacks on security forces, authorities say.

Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters battle 'large blaze' at Baitul Futuh mosque in Morden Seventy firefighters are battling a blaze at a mosque and community centre in south London. Crews from fire stations across south...

Salah al-Maskhout and eight others killed in shootout in Libya after allegedly masterminding key route for refugees from Africa and the Middle East The alleged ringleader behind the smuggling of thousands of people from ...

Saudi official says 769 people died in Thursday's Hajj stampede, as top religious leader backs state's response.

Top religious leader says authorities not responsible for deadly crush, adding that "fate and destiny are inevitable".

International Criminal Court takes custody of its first suspect for the war crime of destroying historic monuments during unrest in 2012 in Mali An alleged Islamic extremist charged with involvement in the destruction of...

Two journalists from the Agence France-Presse

Thai firefly nighttime cruise turns tragic as boats collide, killing Hungarian tourist

The two largest markets for illegal ivory agree to enact a nearly complete ban on the import and export of ivory to help reduce the loss of elephants to poaching Related: China calls on US to follow its lead in eradicati...

A duck boat that was involved in a deadly crash in Seattle killing four students had not gone under state inspection for at least 12 years, according to a published report.

A Sky News poll contradicts the general wisdom that Britain is war-weary after conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has remanded a post 9/11 terrorism case on the grounds that the FBI withheld evidence of its 2002 investigation into the first American on the CIA's kill or captu...

Matthias Mueller says his "most pressing task will be to restore confidence in the Volkswagen Group" as scandal widens.

Military officials, who days before had denied reports of the handover, called the disclosure "very concerning" and a violation of guidelines.