Headlines- According to US President Donald Trump, talks with Iran may occur this next weekend.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards claim that in response to US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, they opened fire on US military installations.
- In order "to safeguard national security," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior declared that it has arrested fifteen people who were allegedly linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Kuwait said on Wednesday that one person was killed and numerous others were injured in an Iranian missile and drone strike on its international airport.
- During a press conference in Geneva on Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, stated that the Ebola virus in central Africa has had a "big head-start" and warned that health officials were still lagging behind.
Tag: US Racial Bias
Officers Around US ‘Take a Knee’...
After George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, some officers around the country knelt in solidarity with protesters condemning racism
Why Americans Of All Races Are...
A scholar of race relations reflects on why many in the United States have taken to the streets in protest, and reflects on his own life struggles
Black Officers Torn Between Two Worlds...
Those feelings, familiar to many blacks in law enforcement for years, have never been more intense than in the days since George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, died after a white officer jammed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as other officers watched.
Talking about Race
Real talk with students at a predominantly African American elementary school, a discussion about the history of slavery and modern US race relations
US Protest Immigrant Anger
The nationwide demonstrations in the U.S. protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have also been accompanied in some instances by looting and vandalism. In one immigrant community near Los Angeles, residents are angry and fearful after seeing their livelihoods destroyed in just one night. This latest experience brings back painful memories of the past
What Is Black Lives Matter?
This statement against racial injustice has largely been associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, which began in July 2013 when George Zimmerman was acquitted of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed black teenager.
‘Take Up Space’: Baltimore Youth Protest...
Protesters in Baltimore, Maryland, are taking to the streets in support of a black man who died in police custody more than a thousand miles away. Baltimore is no stranger to protest – even rioting – after its own troubles with alleged police brutality
US Race Solidarity Protests Erupt in...
Protests have erupted in cities across the world in solidarity with the ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrations in the United States. The protests follow the death in police custody of George Floyd, a 46-year old black man, in Minneapolis last week