An former admin worker in Britain with no military experience has become one of the world's top authorities on weapons being used in the Syrian civil war, largely through searching hundreds of YouTube channels. Eliot Higgins of the influential "Br...

Two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last August. On Sunday, the teenagers, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, were found delinquent in the sexual assault of the girl w...

Among the inconclusive results of the Italian election, there was one undoubted winner. The Five Star Movement led by the comedian, satirist and blogger Beppe Grillo emerged as the third force in Italian politics with a quarter of the vote. With...

Bloggers in China will no longer be allowed to publish anonymously, their posts may be deleted, and information about them can be sent to the authorities. It is all part of a package of new internet rules that critics say are an attack on freedo...

Dang Thi Kim Lieng, the mother of well-known dissident blogger Ta Phong Tan, died after setting herself on fire one week before her daughter's trial was due to begin. As contributor Nguyen Qui Duc reports from Hanoi, Ta Phong Tan is being held on ...

Yemeni women's rights activist Tawakul Karman talks to Al Jazeera English from Sanaa about winning the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

From the video: Tensions Escalate in the South China Sea

Contributor Nguyen Qui Duc followed the story unfolding in the South China Sea between China and Southeast Asian nations over disputed territories. And, he shows how Vietnam's youth rallied online to stage protests against China in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Michael Nabil, an Egyptian activist and political blogger, is being tried in a military court for publishing false news and insulting the country's powerful military, which currently controls the state. If convicted, Michael will be the first Egy...