Keep your shoes on: What to know about the TSA rule change at US airports | Aviation News
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday that it was scrapping a policy requiring people to take off their shoes while…
UN rights council rejects Eritrea’s bid to end human rights investigation | Human Rights News
Human Rights Watch says Asmara’s move was an effort to distract from independent reporting on the ‘country’s dire rights record’.The United Nations Human Rights Council…
US accuses Harvard of anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students, staff | Donald Trump News
A federal task force threatens to cut all of Harvard’s federal funding over alleged violations of the rights of Jewish and Israeli students.US President Donald…
Uganda’s President Museveni confirms bid to extend nearly 40-year rule | Elections News
The 80-year-old leader pledges economic growth from today’s GDP of $66bn to $500bn within the next five years.Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he will…
Political violence is quintessentially American | Donald Trump
Violence begets violence, so many religions say. Americans should know. After all, the United States – a nation founded on Indigenous genocide, African enslavement and…
‘Thithi president!’: Supporters rally for banned Ivorian opposition hopeful | Politics News
Despite a heavy downpour and slippery roads, supporters of presidential candidate Tidjane Thiam poured into Abidjan’s streets in the thousands on Saturday to march on…
American Bar Association sues to block Trump’s attacks on law firms | Donald Trump News
The prominent legal organisation has called the US president’s executive orders against law firms unconstitutional.The American Bar Association (ABA) has sued the administration of US…
Kenya police officer arrested over blogger’s death in custody | Civil Rights News
Hundreds of people have joined protests over the death in police custody of political blogger Albert Ojwang.A Kenyan police officer has been arrested in connection…
Marines prepare for deployment in Los Angeles as protests spread across US | Donald Trump News
The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, promises that forces will continue their immigration crackdown in an effort to “liberate” Los Angeles,…
Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to? | Donald Trump News
Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, which began on June 6 in Los Angeles, have spread beyond the California city, across the United…
N Ireland hit by third night of ‘racist’ violence, main flashpoint calmer | Race Issues News
Rioters attacked a leisure centre hosting people fleeing what police called ‘racist thuggery’ in the town of Ballymena.Riots have erupted for a third consecutive night…
Judge rules Trump cannot use foreign policy claim to deport Mahmoud Khalil | Donald Trump News
While the ruling does not order Khalil’s immediate release, it does undermine the US government’s case against Khalil.A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled…
Pulse massacre survivors in Florida to revisit nightclub before it is razed | Orlando shooting News
The nightclub is being replaced with a permanent memorial to one of the US’s worst mass shootings in modern history.Survivors and family members of the…
What’s next in US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown? | Donald Trump
The deployment of soldiers on the streets of Los Angeles brings crisis to new level. National Guard soldiers and even the United States Marines are on…
Italy’s citizenship referendum: What’s at stake? | Civil Rights News
The fate of millions of immigrants is at stake as Italians vote in a two-day referendum that proposes to speed up the process of acquiring…
Trump administration threatens Columbia University’s accreditation | Civil Rights News
The Education Department accuses the Ivy League school of violating the Civil Rights Act and calls for its accreditor to take action.The United States Department…
Military air strike kills at least 20 people in northwest Nigeria | Conflict News
Amnesty International calls for an investigation into the ‘reckless’ attack in the violence-hit Zamfara state.A military air strike in northwest Nigeria has killed at least…
‘Restricted’: Nearly 7 billion people worldwide lack full civil rights | Freedom of the Press News
Just 40 countries representing 3.5 percent of the world’s population respect all civil liberties, a new study has found, warning that “democracy and human rights…
US judge says effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil likely unconstitutional | Courts News
A United States federal judge has said that an effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to deport pro-Palestine student activist Mahmoud Khalil is…
‘Need answers’: Will Sri Lanka’s Tamils find war closure under Dissanayake? | Tamils News
Mullivaikkal, Sri Lanka – On a beach in northeastern Sri Lanka, Krishnan Anjan Jeevarani laid out some of her family’s favourite food items on a…