Dr. King civil rights leader or Pan Africanist?
Every year we in the United States celebrate the life and legacy of civil rights icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The celebrations...
Fifty years on the Nile dam that changed the face of Egypt
MANILA SULTAN, Egypt—Yassin Saeed remembers when the Nile’s annual flood drenched his village in the years before the construction of the Aswan High Dam....
Families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists sue U.S. for supporting Israel’s acts of terror
The families of Iran’s assassinated nuclear scientists have filed a lawsuit against the United States for supporting Israel’s acts of terror against the Iranian...
Leading human rights group calls Israel an ‘apartheid’ state
JERUSALEM—A leading Israeli human rights group has begun describing both Israel and its control of the Palestinian territories as a single “apartheid” regime, using...
Second prayer app caught harvesting user location data may have snitched on Muslims to ICE and FBI—media
A popular Muslim prayer app has been secretly collecting its users’ location data, according to Vice. A network of data brokers links the app...
Rouhani: Foreign companies not allowed to test Covid-19 vaccines on Iranians
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says foreign companies will not be allowed to test their Covid-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, voicing his support for...
Peru: UN rights office decries excessive use of force in November protests
Police in Peru used unnecessary and excessive force during protests in the capital last November challenging the legitimacy of the interim president, a report...
UN refugee agency calls for ‘new chapter for refugee protection’ across Europe
As Portugal assumes the presidency of the European Union (EU), to be followed by Slovenia later this year, the UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) on...
Irish PM sorry for ‘profound wrong’ of unwed mothers’ homes
LONDON—Ireland’s prime minster issued a formal state apology Jan. 13 to the thousands of unmarried women and their children who endured pain, shame and...
U.S. military flexes on Iran in waning days of Trump administration
American geopolitical friction against the Islamic Republic of Iran worsens, even as the U.S. has come under heavy domestic strain with open insurrection at...