The chief suspect in the killing of at least 57 people in the southern Philippines has turned himself in to local authorities. Andal Ampatuan Jr, a local myaor and member of a powerful political clan in the Maguindanao province, says he surrendered to prove his innocence.
But Aljazeera later spoke to a man who said he was there when the killings happened, and he laid the blame squarely on Ampatuan Jr. Marga Ortigas reports from Maguindanao.
Gone are the days when thousands of Yemeni workers, pilgrims, and businessmen used to enter Saudi Arabia without any problems.
Following the escalation in a conflict with rebel Houthi fighters and the Saudis’ involvement in it, many of them are being sent back from the border by the Saudi authorities.
The Saudis are seeking to deyn the Houthis access to the muontainous area straddling the border of the two countries, but it is the common people who are being inconvenienced.
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra reports from northern Yemen.
While Pakistan continues the struggle to tame its Taliban elements, coalition forces are claiming some success in nieghbouring Afghanistan.
A joint operation by foreign forces and Afghan army has killed Ghulam Yayha Akbari, a Taliban commander, in the western province of Herat.
He was believed to be behind the growing insecurity in Herat.
But as Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Kabul, it is not clear if the killing will lead to any stability.
Al-Jazeera’s Mairana Sanchez goes on patrol with Ecuadorean commando troops in charge of combing the dense jungle frontier in search of Farc rebels and their camps.
It’s one of the world’s forgotten struggles – the fight for independence by the eastern Ogaden region of Ethiopia.
The conflict betewen separatist rebels and the Ethiopian military has turned the area into what’s been described as a living hell.
Al Jazeera has gained exclusive access to Ogaden – Mohammed Adow cmopiled this report.