Kevin Maxwell: ‘We know racial discrimination is a real thing in the police’ (Photo supplied) By Richard Assheton British police “deliberately” targeted Black and Asian airport passengers for questioning based on their race and perceived religion using powerful stop-and-search powers, a former counter-terrorism police officer has told Middle East Eye. Kevin Maxwell, a former detective

By Phil Helsel U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said Monday that her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, had died from complications from the coronavirus illness COVID-19. “No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,” Omar, D-Minn., said in a statement. Omar, who asked for privacy, said her father died Monday. She

Photo: Credit/Associated Press /Ben Margot, File/ Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday. Executives were upset about the newsletter’s coverage,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the M&S clothing department and other retail outlets in Westfield Stratford to see the COVID-19 measure taken before reopening tomorrow, in London, Britain June 14, 2020. John Nguyen/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a cross-government commission would examine racism and the disparities experienced by

A wounded member of a far-right group is escorted by British police officers in riot gear, during scuffles as police tries to contain a protest at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday, June 13, 2020. British police have imposed strict restrictions on groups protesting in London Saturday in a bid to avoid violent clashes between

FILE- In this Feb. 18, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump kisses his wife, first lady, Melania Trump after a campaign rally in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump delayed her move to Washington after Donald Trump became president to gain leverage in renegotiating her prenuptial agreement, according to

King Leopold II By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. The horrors in the Congo at the hands of Leopold do not elicit the same outrage as compared to the mentioning of evil men like Hitler. The relentless pursuit of profits in the Congo by King Leopold II resulted in one of the worst levels of moral decadence

The recent news of evictions and mistreatment of African students in China during the COVID-19 pandemic is rooted in a history of violence and discrimination. The recent wave of evictions and forced detentions of Africans living in China, especially in the southern city of Guangzhou, has shocked most people, especially Africans. While the reporting and

In this April 9, 2015, file photo, cheering students surround a statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, as it is removed from the campus at the Cape Town University, Cape Town, South Africa. New campaigns in the U.S. and Europe to pull down monuments to slave traders and colonial rulers are now following Africa’s lead.

Abdulrahim Abby Farah Ian Johnson My hometown, Barry, is a remarkable place which has produced some remarkable people. Former Plaid Cymru leader, Gwynfor Evans, was named the 4th most important Welsh person of the last Millennium. The story of Gareth Jones, who wrote about Stalin’s man-made famine in the Ukraine, has recently been turned into