Iran and world powers resumed talks aiming to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the Iran nuclear deal.
Following the Iranian elections in June, a new negotiating team is representing the Islamic republic in the Vienna talks. So what are their top demands? And are they realistic?
A story of hope, friendship and sacrifice in pursuit of a new Iraq.
October 2019 marked the beginning of the largest grassroots protests in Iraq’s modern history.
The so-called October Revolution was driven by young people who came of age in the post-Saddam Hussein era, but whose dreams for a better future did not materialise because of a ruling class they saw as corrupt and beholden to foreign interests.
Meet some of the thousands left stateless after the Soviet Union's dissolution, and those who are working to help them.
When the Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, newly independent states emerged.
These new borders meant that all of a sudden people found themselves on the wrong side - foreigners in a country they called their home, but were unable to prove or formally claim as such.
The United Nations refugee agency estimates that at least 280 million people lost their citizenship during the formation of post-Soviet republics, including in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Since President Donald Trump came to power in the United States, he has made global headlines for his often audacious comments on women's rights, foreign political interference, Muslims, and immigrants.
#TrumpisRacist and #RacistinChief are some of the hashtags trending on social media platforms after Trump told four women of colour in Congress (three of whom were born in the US) to go back to the "totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came".
Psychiatrist Dr Richard Graham discusses why gaming is so addictive and how it can be treated.
The design of online games has reached a new level of sophistication, appealing to millions of people.
There are more than 2.3 billion active gamers in the world this year, of which almost half spend money on games. A recent report by the international games market research company Newzoo estimates that the global games market will reach $137.9bn in 2018, with digital revenues accounting for 91 percent.
As the gaming phenomenon grows, the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified a new disease - gaming disorder. The WHO defines the disorder as "a pattern of gaming behaviour with increasing priority given to gaming over other activities ... and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences.
Ugandan popstar-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi discusses his detention and alleged torture
Barely a year after his entry into politics, Robert Kyagulanyi - a pop star-turned-politician who also goes by the stage name Bobi Wine - is being hailed as the new face of Uganda's opposition.
Kyagulanyi has built a large youth following through his criticism of Uganda's long-time leader President Yoweri Museveni - who has been in power for 32 years - both in parliament and through his music.
The 36-year-old's message of freedom and inclusivity, encourages young people to "stand up" and take over the East African country from what he calls the government's failed leadership.
The outgoing diplomat Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein discusses Syria, North Korea, Israel and future human rights defenders.
In the four years since Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein became the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights, attacks on people's safety and dignity have been reported all over the world.
From Myanmar's campaign to drive hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya from the country, to the brutal wars in Yemen and Syria, human rights are under extreme pressure.
Hussein is well-known as an outspoken critic of world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines.
He himself has been criticised for pointing out where countries have failed to preserve human rights. Hussein is stepping down at the end of August and will be replaced by former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
Iranian journalist and refugee Boochani talks about life in detention and the closure of the Manus Island refugee camp.
For more than four and a half years, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani has been in limbo on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
He was sent there by Australia in 2013, after he tried to reach its shores by boat.
As a journalist in Iran, Boochani published stories that promoted the Kurdish language and culture. He cofounded a Kurdish magazine, but after its offices were raided and several of his colleagues were arrested and accused of undermining the Iranian state, Boochani fled, fearing for his safety.
What is homecoming like when you find out that ISIL lived in your house? Returning Iraqis tell us their stories.
It's an ongoing and bloody military campaign, raging since early 2014, as Iraqi and Kurdish forces, supported by an international coalition, continue the fight to root out and eliminate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group from Iraq.
Mosul was one of ISIL's first power grabs and critical footholds in Iraq. After over two years under their control, they are now slowly being pushed out from the area and other surrounding villages, and citizens are beginning to return.
Selim and Saadia are a Yazidi couple who fled their home with their four daughters. They had heard news of what ISIL, known as ISIS, did to other Yazidis, especially in Sinjar, where scores of women were raped and killed.
We revisit some of the year's most interesting and impactful interviews.
As 2016 draws to an end, we review some of the year's most interesting interviews. Talk to Al Jazeera was fortunate enough to talk to many world leaders and the people influencing our times, but we also turned the mics and cameras to alternative voices, individuals who by accident or choice have found themselves in extraordinary events.
In this end of year special edition of Talk to Al Jazeera, we begin with an episode set in the Brazilian city of Recife, in the northeast of the country, which was at the centre of a global health crisis over the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease that is suspected of causing birth defects in babies.
In an exclusive interview, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte discusses his war on drugs and foreign policy.
It's been about 100 days into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.
Since he took power, the Philippine president has overseen the killing of more than 3,500 people in his war on drugs, offended world leaders and strained relations with the US.
In an exclusive first interview since he was sworn in, we talk to Duterte about his controversial war on drugs and foreign policy - including deteriorating relations with the United States and potentially warming relations with China.
"We have three million drug addicts, and it's growing. So if we do not interdict this problem, the next generation will be having a serious problem ... You destroy my country, I'll kill you. And it's a legitimate thing. If you destroy our young children, I will kill you. That is a very correct statement. There is nothing wrong in trying to preserve the interest of the next generation."
Riad Hijab, chief coordinator of the High Negotiations Committee, discusses the prospects for diplomatic deal in Syria
More than five years into a brutal civil war, there is still no end in sight for the Syrian people.
Despite ceasefire agreements, conferences and diplomacy at the highest levels, there has been no progress towards creating a transitional government for the country.
This goal is about the only thing which Russia, the United States and the rest of the international community agree on.
But even if such a government were to be formed, what kind of Syria would then be built?
Three former teachers at Australia's 'processing centre' for asylum seekers break their silence about the conditions.
In 2013, Australia's government announced a tough new policy towards refugees travelling by boat to its shores. The campaign that went with it was called, "No way. You will not make Australia home".
Its goal was to discourage asylum seekers from entering the country "illegally" - as the government saw it.
Most were coming from countries such as Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Many refugees - having fled their homes - considered themselves stateless.
Their journeys were arduous and complex. Those from Iran, for instance, would travel first to Malaysia, where they could enter without a visa. Then they'd make their way to southernmost Indonesia, and from there, they took boats towards Australia's closest islands.
Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer on documenting Indonesia's killings of 1965 through the eyes of perpetrators and victims.
It is one of history's greatest unknown crimes against humanity: More than a million people were brutally killed after Indonesia's military coup in 1965.
The victims were accused of being communists, an umbrella that included not only members of the country's Communist Party, but all those who opposed General Suharto's new military regime.
The killers were often members of paramilitary groups or death squads that carried out the executions with the approval of the military government and killed with impunity.
After UN probe into the country's civil war, Maithripala Sirisena downplays allegations as "human rights violations".
In a Talk to Al Jazeera interview, the Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena appears to contradict key findings from a UN investigation into the country's civil war, released in September last year.
The report from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) investigated atrocities committed by both the Tamil separatists and the Sri Lankan Army during the 26-year-long conflict.
In the final stages of the war, attacks carried out by the Sri Lankan Army were so bloody and aggressive that as many as 40,000 Tamil civilians were killed.
In detailing its principal findings, the OHCHR report stated: "If established before a court of law, many of these allegations would amount, depending on the circumstances, to war crimes and/or crimes against humanity."
Afghan job seekers, business leaders, and CEO Abdullah Abdullah give an insight into Afghanistan's grim job market.
Among the hundreds of thousands of refugees entering Europe a significant number is made up of young men from Afghanistan. Last year, more than 100,000 Afghans fled to Europe and the exodus continues.
But why are so many Afghans leaving their home country?
In Kabul's Kote Sangi neighbourhood, painters, carpenters, plasterers, and other manual workers sit outside waiting for someone to come by and hire them, even if only for a few hours.
This scene is replicated throughout the Afghan capital as thousands of casual workers hope to earn a dollar or more a day, the desperation etched on many faces. But their chances aren't good. These men don't have the family or the political connections often needed to get a job. And Afghanistan's unemployment rate is estimated to be at 40 percent or higher.
Key players involved in finding a solution to Syria's crisis discuss Russian air strikes and Assad's future in Syria
After four-and-a-half years of deadly conflict and many failed Western-backed efforts to remove the Assad regime from power, millions of people are fleeing the violence in Syria.
And just as world leaders were assembling at the United Nations last week, the battleground in the Middle East shifted - suddenly and deliberately.
In a dramatic move, Russia increased its military presence in the country and then launched a fierce bombing campaign against groups opposed to the Syrian regime. On top of it, there is speculation of a ground assault.
The Afghan leader talks about Afghanistan's refugees in Europe, security in the country, and dealing with the Taliban.
Afghanistan was supposed to get a new start one year ago. After 13 years in power, President Hamid Karzai, who had led the country since the Taliban government was defeated after the 9/11 attacks, finally stood down.
After a contentious election in 2014, with widespread claims of ballot rigging, the two main candidates were persuaded to share power. Dr Ashraf Ghani became president and his opponent, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive.
All this happened to coinicide with the departure of many of the international forces in the country, leaving the Afghan army and police in charge of security.
