The Museum of Black Civilizations is provoking calls for the return of African artefacts stolen by former colonial slave traders. A new museum has opened in Senegal, tracing millions of years of African history. The Museum of Black Civilizations is provoking calls for the return of African artefacts taken away by former colonial slave traders. […]

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday presented a $47 billion state budget, about a third of it consisting of subsidies for low income groups, saying U.S. sanctions would affect people’s lives and economic growth but not bring the government to its knees. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of […]

The relatives of an Okanagan family displaced by a destructive mobile home fire south of Penticton last week are fundraising to help the family get back on their feet. Jennifer Rowlands said her 45-year-old brother Johnny suffered second degree burns in the kitchen fire at the Riva Ridge mobile home park on Dec. 21 around […]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas on Monday, urging people in the developed world to seek a simpler, less materialistic life and condemning the yawning gap between the rich and the poor. Francis, 82, marking the sixth Christmas of his papacy, led a solemn service for nearly 10,000 […]

Hamas terms the vote against US-sponsored resolution as a “slap” to Trump administration. The United Nations General Assembly has rejected a United States-sponsored resolution seeking to condemn Hamas, the Palestinian group administering the besieged Gaza Strip. The resolution, which was backed strongly by Israel, needed a two-thirds majority to pass on Thursday following an earlier […]

Police and protesters clash in Athens as annual march to mark Alexandros Grigoropoulos’ killing descends into violence. Athens, Greece – Athens police have battled hundreds of protesters late into the night after demonstrations marking the 10th anniversary of the killing of a teenager by police, which has become a rallying cry for anti-authority movements and […]

Resolution of his plunder case allowed Ramon Revilla Jr to post bail and be released from detention. Manila, Philippines – An anti-corruption court in the Philippines has acquitted movie star-turned-politician Ramon Revilla Jr of plunder, the first verdict among several high-profile cases in the biggest corruption scandal to hit the country in the last decade. The Sandiganbayan court, however, on Friday convicted […]

The journalist and her supporters say this is persecution by a government that sees journalists as the enemy. A senior journalist in the Philippines has appeared in court over multiple tax evasion charges. Maria Ressa says the case is politically motivated. Her news agency, Rappler, has been called “fake” by the government of President Rodrigo […]

Newly released video footage appears to show members of the far-right group The Proud Boys charging and fighting a group of protesters on a New York City street in October — and not the other way around, as the group had previously claimed. On Oct. 12, a brawl broke out between The Proud Boys, which has […]

A suicide bomber exploded his car outside a building housing the government’s department for martyrs and disabled persons on Monday moments before gunmen stormed the building armed with automatic rifles and explosive devises, Kabul police chief spokesman Basir Mujahid said. Six people have been reported injured and a police officer has been killed in the […]