As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks arrives, do Americans feel safer after the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq?  

Laurie Garrett explores the lasting impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the anthrax attacks that followed on disaster preparedness and health policy in the United States.

Kurdish protesters clashed with police on Thursday during a peace rally in Istanbul.

A Syrian attorney general quits on video to protest President Bashar Assad's crackdown in the city of Hama. Judge Adnan Mohammed Al Bakkour said he was stepping down because security forces killed hundreds of people.

World leaders gather in Paris in an effort to help Libya map out it's future. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

A tax increase of 10 percent comes into effect on restaurants, cafes and bars as the government attempts to reign in its deficit, angering the business community already suffering from a consumption slump due to the country's debt crisis.

Soon after the Libyan capital fell to the rebels, the most important symbols of Gaddafi's regime collapsed, too, particularly the intelligence service department.

The international community is coming together to free up Libya's frozen assets to aid Libya's reconstruction process.

As the international community rallies behind Libya's rebels at a conference in Paris, Moammar Gaddafi was heard in a statement broadcast by Syrian TV saying tribes loyal to him are well-armed and preparing for battle.

Stephen Yates says that tension between China and its Asian neighbours over South China Sea interests calls for closer attention from the United States.

Mamadou Saidou Jaliow explains to Al Jazeera's Evan Hill how he and at least 19 other sub-Saharan migrants came to be imprisoned in the the Ain Zara police station in Tripoli.

Glen Wood says the new Japanese cabinet looks promising, but a competitive tax policy has to be the party's priority if it wants to turn Japan's economy around.