Leader: Islamic extremists holding about 30 ethnic Dogon men hostage after bus raid

A community leader in central Mali says that suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men hostage after an attack on several buses earlier this week ByBABA AHMED Associated Press November 10, 2023, 12:50 PM BAMAKO, Mali — Suspected Islamic extremists are holding about 30 men from the Dogon ethnic group hostage after ambushing several … Read more

Anti-Israel airport mob highlights rising ethnic tensions in Russia

People shouting antisemitic slogans at an airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, Russia, on Oct. 30, 2023. AP Moscow is coming under increasing pressure to protect the country’s Jewish community after the latest episode of antisemitism highlighted growing interethnic tensions in Russia. An angry anti-Israel mob stormed an airport in the Russian republic of Dagestan on … Read more

Thousands flee as Armenia warns of ethnic cleansing

Armenian police officers walks near refugees as they queue in vehicles near the border town of Kornidzor, arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 26, 2023. Alain Jocard | Afp | Getty Images Thousands of ethnic Armenians on Tuesday fled their homes in the breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, as Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, publicly blamed Russia … Read more

Ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Russia fails to uphold peace deal

Comment on this storyComment RIGA, Latvia — At least 20 Armenians waiting for gasoline to flee the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh were killed and nearly 300 more were injured in an explosion at a fuel depot on Monday, according to local officials, as senior U.S. officials visited Armenia and pledged humanitarian support to deal with … Read more

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian exodus raises specter of ‘ethnic cleansing’

Comment on this storyComment You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. An entire community may be on the verge of abandoning its ancestral homeland. After months of … Read more

India’s Parliament rocked by protests for a 3rd day over ethnic violence in distant state

India’s Parliament has been disrupted for a 3rd day by opposition protests over ethnic clashes in a distant northeastern state through which greater than 130 individuals have been killed since Could College students and activists shout slogans throughout a protest demonstration in opposition to the violence within the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, in New … Read more