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The Boston marathon bomber suspects are ethnic Chechens who spent some of their childhood in Dagestan and then moved to the United States.

Chechnya and Dagestan are republics of Russia - in the country's far southwest. Th...

There is a palpable sense of relief in Boston tonight.

The second suspect in the marathon bombings is in custody. The other, is dead.

Law enforcement officers say they are exhausted, but that it is a victory for them and...

Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar -- the men the United States government accuses of planting two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday - are ethnic Chechens who moved to the US as children.

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Dozens of people have been killed by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Western China. Chinese media say the number of dead and injured could be as high as 600. Al Jazeera's Dominic Kane reports.

The last time Afghanistan attempted an official census was 1979 - and that was called off because of fighting.

Now an ambitious project is gathering demographic and economic information about Afghans.

Al Jazeera's Jennif...

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Venezuela's new president Nicolas Maduro has had a rough start to his term. 

Shortly after he was sworn in, a man rushed on stage and pushed him aside and the electoral commission has agreed to grant the opposition's reque...

Boston's teenage bombing suspect continues to elude a massive manhunt, which has shut down transport, and left the city's streets eerily quiet.

The suspects' father has pleaded for police to bring his surviving son into ...

Residents have told Al Jazeera that many are still waiting for help. Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid reports

Oppositon groups in Kuwait are calling for more anti-government protests on Friday. They're unhappy about a court sentencing one of their leaders to five years in jail for insulting the country's rulers. But Mossalam Al ...

Police in Boston are searching door to door as they continue a massive manhunt

Uncle asks bombing suspect to hand himself in

In the Caucasus, the US and Russia are vying for control of the region. The great oil game is in full swing. Whoever controls the Caucasus and its roads, controls the transport of oil from the Caspian Sea.

Tbilisi, Erevan...

This has been an important week for three key issues in Washington. President Obama has expressed his anger as gun control legislation fails in the Senate. Immigrant rights activists expressed their disappointment at a bip...

One of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing has died in hospital and police are searching for another who is at large in the Boston suburb of Watertown, officials in the US state of Massachusetts say. Massachusetts...

Kurt Schwartz, the undersecretary for homeland security and emergency management asked people to stay indoors and announced a lockdown on public transport.

Robert Mugabe has been addressing supporters in Harare, as Zimbabwe celebrates independence from Britain. It is something he has been doing now for more than three decades. And at 89 years old, it seems he has no plans to ...

Venezuela's electoral council has said it will audit the voting machines that were not audited on election night in an apparent rejection of the opposition's demand for a full vote-by-vote recount. Al Jazeera's Gabriel El...

The final list of candidates for Pakistan's May elections is expected to be published soon. In the relatively lawless tribal areas, women are rarely seen in public and those who work outside their homes are targeted by the...

In Malaysia, the 13th general election has been called by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak after a year-long speculation.More than 13 million Malaysians will go to the polls on May 5. This is the first time that the ruling p...

Nearly a thousand bears are farmed in South Korea for their bile, which is used in traditional medicine. But politicians are now looking at a bill that would phase out the industry, once encouraged by the government. Al ...

Zainab Bangura, the UN's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict speaks to Al Jazeera.

Pakistani police arrested former president Pervez Musharraf at his residence on the outskirts of Islamabad and presented him in court on his involvement in the decision to dismiss senior judges, including the chief justice...

More than 40.000 Palestinian refugees who were in Syria have fled to Lebanon to escape the fighting. They have left their adopted homes near Damascus, and are now refugees for a second time. Al Jazeera's Rula Amin went to ...

In a rare show of unity over Syria, the UN Security Council said the ongoing violence there is unacceptable and must end immediately. The council has also condemned human rights abuses by both the government and rebels. ...

Zimbabwe's President says he will not tolerate foreign interference in the country's upcoming elections.

Robert Mugabe was speaking at an event in Harare marking 33 years of independence from Britain.

Al Jazeera's Haru M...

US investigators have appealed to the American public to help identify two suspects in the deadly attack on the Boston marathon.

They released video and still pictures of the men taken near the scene of Monday's twin bombi...

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Mothers of Srebrenica massacre victims have spoken of their heartache over the construction of a church near mass graves. The US has joined calls for the Serbian Orthodox church to be moved away from the graves holding vic...

The FBI has identified the man suspected of an attempted biological attack on the U.S. President as Paul Kevin Curtis. He was arrested in the southern state of Mississippi, in the last few hours. Both Barack Obama and a U....

One of Russia's main opposition figures has gone on trial, accused of fraud. Alexei Navalny played a key role in protests against president Vladimir Putin last year. He says the charges are false, and part of a Kremlin p...

It's thought as many as 15 people may have been killed, and another 160 were injured by flying debris.

Kimberley Halkett has more on the devastation caused.

In a bid to achieve greater gender equality in boardrooms, the European Commission is asking governments to approve rules for a 40 percent quota to favour women over equally-qualified men for supervisory board seats.Severa...

In a conscious move directed by the government, South Korean students are being taught to change their ideas about North Koreans.

South Koreans have long viewed their northern neighbours with suspicion.

Now an educational...

Doctors in China are trying to work out how people are being infected with a lethal strain of bird flu. Seventeen people have died and 66 more have been infected with the H7N9 virus. There are now fears the virus might be ...

A new round of peace talks between the Colombian government and FARC rebels is underway. The two sides are locked in negotiations over land reform. A controversial farming project could present the solution. Al Jazeera's ...

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf is facing arrest after a court revoked his bail.

Musharraf is accused of subverting the constitution and deposing judges in 2007.

He left the Islamabad high court after the...

Three of Pakistan's main political parties have been singled out as legitimate targets for attacks, throwing campaigning for parliamentary elections into a deadly chaos. The threat has come from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan ...

New Zealand has become the first country in the Asia Pacific, and the thirteenth in the world, to legalise same-sex marriage.

In Australia, however parliament voted against same-sex marriage to block a change in the law la...

Authorities in Lagos have discovered the fifth illegal methamphetamine production centre in just one year, deepening fears Nigeria is a narcotics hub and part of a worldwide network.

The anti-drugs agency says the West Afr...

Egypt is facing its most serious financial crisis in decades.

In recent months, four countries particularly Qatar, have come to the rescue with generous multi-billion dollar loans, but it is still unclear if that is enoug...

Chosen to host both the 2014 football World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games and with abundant natural resources and one of the fastest growing economies in the world, one way or another Brazil is set to become a major playe...

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A massive explosion at a fertiliser plant near Waco in Texas has killed between five and 15 people and wounded more than 100 others, police say. Up to five firefighters are believed to be missing. The blast has also set ...

At least two people have died and more than 100 people are believed to be injured after a huge explosion at a fertiliser plant near Waco, Texas.

Police say those numbers are expected to grow.

Al Jazeera's Stephanie Scawe...

Escalating political tension in Venezuela as the opposition -supported by the US- refuses to concede defeat in the election. The conservative government of Spain on Wednesday, became the latest to recognise Nicolas Maduro ...

Greenpeace has called on governments in the Asia Pacific region to stop what it calls "unsustainable fishing methods".

But for many fishermen in the Philippines' fishing, and particularly tuna fishing, a main source of inc...