GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The descendants of a Nineteenth-century Scottish sugar and low planter who owned 1000’s of slaves in Guyana apologized Friday for the sins of their ancestor, calling slavery a criminal offense towards humanity with lasting adverse impacts. Charles Gladstone, a descendant of former plantation proprietor John Gladstone, traveled to Guyana from Britain with … Read more
British police say two males have been arrested on suspicion of burning down an historic English pub that was well-known for its lopsided partitions and sagging basis ByBRIAN MELLEY Related Press FILE – The burnt stays of The Crooked Home pub in Himley. England, Aug. 7, 2023. British police stated Thursday Aug. 24, 2023, two … Read more
The U.N. company for Palestinian refugees says it has determined to droop all of its companies in Lebanon’s largest refugee camp for a day in protest in opposition to the presence of gunmen in its amenities FILE – A employee for the company for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, sprays pesticides alongside a avenue on the … Read more
A senior Swedish official says Swedes overseas and companies linked to Sweden “ought to observe elevated vigilance and warning,” following latest Quran burnings within the nation and protests within the Muslim world FILE – Supporters of a radical Islamist celebration ‘Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan’ burn the illustration of Swedish flag throughout a rally to denounce burning of … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Two individuals have been fatally shot on a fifth day of violent protests within the South African metropolis of Cape City on Monday sparked by a dispute final week between minibus taxi drivers and authorities. An individual was killed and three others have been wounded in a taking pictures close … Read more
Iraq’s overseas minister has known as for the Group for Islamic Cooperation to kind a committee for talks with the European Union over its member international locations allowing the desecration of the Quran and to enlist volunteers to file lawsuits to halt th… ByABBY SEWELL and DAVID KEYTON BEIRUT — Iraq’s overseas minister known as … Read more
NIAMEY, Niger — West African nations have given Niger’s coup leaders one week to reinstate the nation’s democratically elected president and have threatened to make use of pressure if the calls for aren’t met. The announcement got here on the finish of an emergency assembly of West African international locations Sunday in Nigeria, the place … Read more
JERUSALEM — After present process emergency surgical procedure to implant a pacemaker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, made a video look from a hospital close to Tel Aviv. Carrying a crisp darkish swimsuit, he grinned and declared energetically that he felt “nice, as you’ll be able to see.” However the Sunday photo-op didn’t reassure … Read more
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
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in a hospital on Sunday after an emergency coronary heart process, as tens of hundreds of supporters and opponents of his authorities’s judicial overhaul plan held rival rallies forward of a key vote. Netanyahu’s sudden hospitalization for the implant of a pacemaker added one other dizzying … Read more