Over 70,000 UK university staff to strike for three days over pay
Over 70,000 UK university staff will go on strike later in November over pay, working conditions and pensions, the University and College Union (UCU)...
Is there an awakening and wave of change in Latin America?
A string of election victories by left-leaning leaders and governments have hit Latin America. Analysts and observers of Latin American affairs say the shift...
Never charged, Guantanamo’s oldest inmate freed after nearly two decades
The oldest inmate at the U.S.-run infamous Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, Saifullah Paracha, has been released to his home country Pakistan after...
London museums to return human remains stolen from Zimbabwe in Colonial times
(GIN)—The era of European museums claiming ownership of the bones and skulls of African war heroes stolen years ago may finally be coming to...
The importance of exploring the cultural history of Islam in the Motherland
In W.E.B. DuBois’ 1939 book, “Black Folks Then and Now,” the prolific author, scholar, and convener of Pan African Congresses explains the substance of...
Malaysia’s forced return of Myanmar’s most vulnerable must stop: UNHCR
Malaysia’s forced return of asylum-seekers to Myanmar has meant that hundreds of Myanmar nationals have been “sent back against their will” to the troubled country in the last two months,...
British families demand answers over police custody deaths
Thousands of anti-racism activists have gathered in central London for a march on Downing Street against institutional racism in the British police force. The action, spearheaded...
Qatari UN ambassador demands end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories
Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to bring to...
Death toll from migrant boat sinking in Greece rises
ATHENS, Greece—Rescue crews searching for dozens of migrants missing from the sinking of a sailing boat in rough weather off an island near Athens...
Libya: ‘Political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight’: UN envoy
The political stalemate continues in Libya and prospects for elections are dim, the head of the UN Mission there, UNSMIL, said on October 24...