A 22-year-old Muslim convert has confessed to the attempted murder of a French soldier in Paris, and says he was inspired by a religious teacher who encouraged him to strike at an "authority figure," French officials said. The soldier, stabbed in...

Guardian columnist and constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald compares the widespread labeling of Boston Marathon bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev as "terrorists," to the reaction to other recent acts of mass violence such as th...

Three people were killed when two bombs exploded near the finishing line of the Boston marathon. More than 170 others, aged 2 to 71, are recovering from the physical wounds of these horrifying blasts.

Dave Zirin, Sports Editor of The Nation magazine, responds to the Boston Marathon bombings and discusses the race's historic significance. "First, prayer's for the people in Boston, Baghdad, and Mogadishu who are suffering today," Zirin said. "Sec...

Inside Story examines the ongoing issues facing a fragile peace in Somalia as rebels attack at the heart of the government machine. Host Hazem Sika is joined by guests: Augustine Mahiga, the United Nations special representative for Somalia, and h...

US President Barack Obama makes a statement from the White House briefing room about the explosions at today's Boston Marathon. He stopped short of calling it a terrorist attack, but pledged: "Make no mistake, we will find out who did this."

At least 15 people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in central Damascus. Dozens more were injured. State TV is calling it a suicide attack by terrorists. Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports from Beirut in neighboring Lebanon.

Tens years after the US invasion of Iraq, On TV reports that stability is nowhere to be found. Targeted bombings and sectarian violence are leading Iraqis to protest against the policies of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government in growing nu...

Police in Pakistan have arrested several boys under the age of 16 -- some as young as 11 -- who are accused of being bombers. Investigators in the western city of Quetta say the 11 children were recruited by the United Baloch Army, a group banne...

Three men have been found guilty of planning a suicide bomb plot which, police said, could have been worse than the 7/7 attacks in London. During the trial of Ashik Ali, Irfan Khalid and Irfan Naseer, the court heard their motivation was a "vague ...