(Earth Focus: Episode 33) Earth Focus looks at why the availability of fresh water is a growing global challenge and at how some innovative solutions are making a difference. ...
Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated nations on Earth. And the capital Dhaka is one of Asia's fastest growing cities. News and documentary producer Stephen Sapienza reports...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: November 5, 2010) 1.3 million Haitian earthquake survivors sheltering in makeshift camps are bracing themselves for Hurricane Tomas, another potential humanitarian disaster. Al Qaeda in...
Today's Headlines: Arab League agrees to direct Israeli-Palestinian talks, demands US guarantees Saudi monarch meets with Assad prior to joint Lebanon summit And...UN finally declares access to water a basic human...
(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: February 28, 2010) Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has declared a "state of catastrophe" in central Chile following Saturday's magnitude-8.8 earthquake. The earthquake has killed at...
15-year-old Tornike Shubitidze wants to be a cameraman working in film and television. Last year however, he was charged with stealing a washing machine and faced 4-7 years in prison...
Global warming. Climate change. It may seem remote -- something that only happens far away or something to worry about later. But climate change is happening here and now and...
Climate change is putting a damper on American tourism and recreation. Skiing, diving, hunting, and fishing are just some of the national pastimes that scientists say are at risk if...
One-third of Americans live on coasts near "Dead Zones", the focus of this week's climate change story. It may sound like science fiction, but these "Dead Zones" are very real...
In this week's climate change story, we are reminded of the hurricanes that devastated parts of the U.S. in recent years: Katrina, Rita, Ivan. While Americans got lucky this year,...
In this week's climate change story Americans, especially in the Midwest, are feeling the heat as temperatures rise to record-breaking levels. Nine of the 10 hottest years on record have...
This week's climate change story portrays the intensifying power of weather in the Southern United States. Only weeks ago, Georgia was buried in water when hit by a fluke storm...
(Al Jazeera English: September 23, 2009) Obama urges Israeli and Palestinian leaders to restart peace talks during the first tri-lateral meeting, along the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in...
This Al Jazeera English news update includes the arrest of Noordin Top, suspected mastermind of recent terrorist attacks in Indonesia, and the arrest of the new head of the Tamil...
This Al Jazeera English news update looks to Somalia, where U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was in talks to ward off a complete takeover of that troubled country by...