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Saturday, November 23, 2024

US minorities taking a lead role in anti-racism efforts

George Floyd's shocking death in police custody has prompted many minority communities across the country to begin reflecting on their role in combating systemic...

George Floyd memorial and burial takes place in Houston

Family and friends gathered to lay George Floyd to rest in his hometown of Houston on Tuesday, with gospel and poignant tributes capping the...

Rohingya arrive in Malaysia and are detained

More than 260 Rohingya arrived by boat in Malaysia on Monday, officials said, despite authorities' efforts to fight the coronavirus by stopping entry of...

Minneapolis to rebuild police department

Councilors in the US city of Minneapolis pledged late Sunday to dismantle and rebuild the police department, after the death in custody of George...

Officer charged with Floyd murder makes first court appearance

Bail was set at $1 million on Monday for the Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd as mourners paid their...

Netanyahu offers condolences to martyred Palestinian Iyak Hallak’s family

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the recent police killing of an autistic Palestinian man was unjustified and a "tragedy", offering his...

Silicon Wadi: Palestinians fear expulsion from Jerusalem

Palestinian business owners in occupied east Jerusalem are worried they will be forced to shut up shop by Israeli authorities over plans to build...

New US police abuses: US braces for outpouring of anger over the weekend

The United States braced Friday for massive weekend protests against racism and police brutality, as outrage soared over new US police abuses that were...

Solidarity from Iraq: “We want to breathe, too”

Seventeen years after US troops invaded their country and eight months since protests engulfed their cities, Iraqis are sending solidarity, warnings and advice to...

Israel’s West Bank annexation will spark Palestinian uprising

Most Israelis think their government's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank will spark a Palestinian uprising but around half favour going...

Floyd death will not be in vain: Civil Rights leader

Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil...

General James Mattis attacks Trump’s divisive politics

In a rare turn of events, Former Pentagon chief James Mattis issued a stinging rebuke of his erstwhile boss Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing...