Subsidized bread is the stuff of life for tens of millions of Egyptians struggling to live on less than $2 a day but with the economy in severe trouble, the government is running out of cash for imported wheat. Public anger is rising once again as...

Shockwaves from the Cyprus economic crisis aren't affecting the economy of the Turkish-occupied northern side of the island, but some leaders in the self-declared northern state believe the crisis could be a stepping stone to reunification after n...

Military tension is rising in Asia, and not just on the Korean peninsula. A Chinese naval task force has reached the southernmost part of the South China Sea, which it claims as its own -- to the annoyance of neighboring nations. Al Jazeera's Flor...

Its most infamous role? Being the primary ingredient in cocaine. But some Bolivians have higher hopes for the lowly coca leaf. The nation's president, Evo Morales, is pushing to legally sell the leaf internationally in products from cake and candy...

Banks in Cyprus remain closed despite a bailout deal the country's newly elected government signed with international creditors. Protests have followed the agreement which called for Popular Bank, the country's second biggest bank, to be closed d...

A group of women in southwestern Colombia are living life in an "eco-village," building homes with recyclables and eating food grown in their gardens, far from the world of men and violence. The citizens of Nachira even have their own currency. "W...

A last-minute deal on a bailout for Cyprus' crippled banks has been reached, but could cost depositors with more than $130,000 in savings in the nation's staggering Laiki Bank up to 40 percent of their deposits. Laiki is being wound down so that t...

Two months after a peace treaty put a halt to fighting, Seleka rebels have moved in and taken over Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. President Francois Bozize has fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has returned home, ending more than four years of self-imposed exile. The former military ruler will run in next month's general election. Risking arrest and death threats, will Musharraf regain the pol...

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who called for a national unity government. One of the major hurdles facing Lebanon is how to handle neighboring Syria's civil war, which shows no signs...