Nairobi — United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk has warned that racial discrimination continues to shape access to jobs, healthcare, housing and justice for Africans and people of African descent, calling for reparatory justice to confront the enduring effects of slavery and colonialism. Türk said systemic racism was being reinforced by institutions, economic inequalities…
In France, some public schools have been closed since Monday and won’t reopen until next week amid nationwide student and labor protests that have been raging for three weeks. Aiden Stretch reports from Paris.
British police on Tuesday arrested a 22-year-old man in London on suspicion of a terror offense over a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that authorities have linked to Iran. It was the seventh arrest in connection with a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, 100 miles west of London, which has…
A 15-year-old boy’s hand was blown off during unrest near a school in France, an official has said, as student protests continue across the country. The “very serious incident” happened in the north-eastern city of Lens on Monday morning, according to the prefect of Pas-de-Calais, François-Xavier Lauch. “The student’s life is not in danger,” he…
The student said she decided to go to police after she saw screenshots of a Chi Phi group message on Snapchat and because “it felt like the right thing to do if we could help this girl.” Doe’s lawsuit included a screenshot of a Chi Phi Snapchat group message that said there was “free p—-”…
Three female journalists have accused police officers in India of sexual harassment during street protests in the capital Delhi. The claims were made on Saturday after the force detained scores of young people calling for the resignation of the chief election commissioner. Thousands of protesters gathered in Delhi and Mumbai cities for a third day…
Student demonstrators in France are demanding improvements for the country’s education systems. As protests have grown, there have been some violent clashes with police. Holly Williams has more details.
Two Iranian men have been charged with plotting a terror attack on the Jewish community in Manchester, British police said Friday. The arrests come nearly a year after a deadly knife and gun attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in northern Manchester, where worshipers had gathered for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in…
Darmanin said that 735 of France’s 3,700 schools were now affected “one way or another” by the violent protests. Announcing the arrests late on Friday, Nuñez told France’s TF1 television network: “We are sliding into riot and urban violence, and we are using all intermediate means to put an end to it.” Meanwhile, Education Minister…
A police officer and a man were wounded in an exchange of gunfire Sunday near a synagogue in Ontario as members of the Jewish community marked Yom Kippur, authorities said. Police identified the suspect as Sean Ward, 29, from Quincy West. He was hospitalized in life-threatening condition. The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said the…
