A look at the rituals Muslims perform during the annual pilgrimage.

Al Jazeera follows Chinese Muslims as they prepare to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage.

A grass-roots project offers impoverished children a creative route to independence.

Almost a year on from the terror attacks, Sohail Rahman witnesses the city's resolve.

A grass-roots project offers impoverished children a creative route to independence.

Covering a crime story in 1981, Rob Reynolds came across a TV anchor with a burning ambition to succeed.

Architect tells Al Jazeera about his efforts to make the world a more livable place.

Belgian prime minister becomes first president of the European Council.

New EU foreign policy chief rose through the ranks of European politics.

Leaders and academics draw up plan to provide greater access to education around the globe.

Tania Page meets filming challenges and a large trawl of fish on board the GO Sars.

Does the Egypt-Algeria football feud reveal a narrow nationalism in the Arab world?

Economists warn that diminishing natural resources threaten Yemen's fragile economy.

Corruption, political strife and increasing violence drive Afghan business abroad.

Can former enemies sit down together in Afghanistan as they have in Northern Ireland?