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A year from Friday, the FIFA Football World Cup will be held in Qatar, the first-ever to be staged in the Middle East.

Hosting the tournament is a source of great pride for the small country of nearly three million people, which hopes the world's most popular sporting event will create a lasting legacy for the region.

But since winning the bid to host football’s biggest competition, Qatar has been under the spotlight over human rights issues including the plight of migrant workers and its ability to host such a large-scale event.

So is Qatar ready? Fatma Samoura, FIFA’s secretary-general, talks to Al Jazeera.

Iran, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China have resumed talks in Vienna aiming to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The United States is participating indirectly after withdrawing from the agreement in 2018.

But there is another important party in the diplomatic efforts being made: the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The nuclear watchdog has kept communication and dialogue open with all the parties involved. But as disagreements and tensions on key issues remain unresolved, what would it take for the talks to succeed? And if negotiations fail, what’s next?

The IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, talks to Al Jazeera.

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?

In an exclusive interview, Iran’s deputy foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, talks to Al Jazeera.

Following the military's takeover in Sudan on October 25, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the house arrest of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, it took nearly a month of negotiations to reach an agreement.

But there is another significant figure in the country’s political dynamics: General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

He is al-Buhan’s deputy in the sovereign council and the leader of the Rapid Support Forces, the army’s strongest division.

As many in Sudan and the region consider him the country’s most powerful figure, would he like to become the next president?

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo talks to Al Jazeera.

Following the October 25 military takeover in Sudan, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, senior officials of the government were detained, including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was put under house arrest.

But after nearly a month of negotiations, the parties have reached a political agreement.

Abdalla Hamdok has been released and reinstated as prime minister.

But what does the 14-point deal signed with the military mean for the country’s democracy?

And how much power would the technocratic government hold moving forward?

Sudan's Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, talks to Al Jazeera.

Paul Kagame took office just six years after the 1994 genocide, in which some 800,000 people were slaughtered in an ethnic conflict.

But although Rwanda has transformed into what many consider “Africa’s tech hub” and achieved rapid economic growth, it has struggled to leave its dark past behind.

And while many see Kagame as a visionary leader, others claim he is a threat to democracy.

After winning his third term in 2017 with nearly 99 percent of the vote, how much longer is he planning to hold on to power? The president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, talks to Al Jazeera.

Rafael Correa was part of the 2000's golden age for left-wing movements across Latin America.

He was voted into power in Ecuador in 2007 and left office 10 years later to retire in Belgium. In 2018, a judge in his home country ordered him to return to face charges related to the kidnapping of an opposition leader, but he remained in Brussels under political asylum.

Court cases at home kept piling up. He was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption. Now considered a fugitive in Ecuador, will the former president return to face justice?

Rafael Correa talks to Al Jazeera.

Talks and initiatives on the environment are usually driven by the world’s superpowers, but many of the largest economies appear to be failing when it comes to clean energy. Now Chile is trying to have a louder voice.

As recent reports from the United Nations reveal just how much damage human activity has done to our planet, can Chile succeed in becoming a green-energy powerhouse?

The country's Energy Minister, Juan Carlos Jobet, is widely seen as Chile's champion in the fight against climate change. He talks to Al Jazeera.

The Darien Gap on the Panama-Colombia border has been used by thousands of migrants to reach the United States.

It is a dense jungle filled with mountains, cliffs, rivers and wild animals. It is also a haven for criminal organisations that abuse many of those trying to go north, escaping the financial crisis in South America that has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo meets some of those who risk everything to give their families a chance.

The European Union is a single market of 27 countries. While the bloc was officially formed in 1993, it took its member states 25 years longer to agree on the creation of a common public prosecutor’s office.

The office is responsible for prosecuting and bringing charges against those accused of crimes against the financial interests of the EU. But Poland, Hungary, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden remain outside of the agreement.

So, without the support of all the member states, how much authority does it have to do its job? The European chief prosecutor, Laura Kovesi, talks to Al Jazeera.