Japanese court sentences man to death for gruesome arson attack
A man who attacked a Kyoto animation firm has been sentenced to death. On 18 July 2019 Shinji Aoba entered the building housing Kyoto Animation,
50 killed in northern Nigeria
Echoing a pattern of conflict that has been seen across West Africa, gunmen last week attacked a village in Nigeria’s Plateau state and killed 50
Controversy over Jewish scholar in Harvard’s antisemitism drive claiming Israel is ‘apartheid state’
Critics say leading Jewish scholar Derek Penslar’s claim that Israel is ‘an apartheid state’ places a question mark over his appointment to co-chair Harvard University’s
India queers new England player’s pitch
England’s new spinner, Shoaib Bashir, has been forced to return to the UK in a desperate bid to secure a visa to enter India to
IRR welcomes MPC’s focus on economic growth
The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has welcomed the emphasis on economic growth in the policy proposals put forward this week by the Multi-Party Charter
SA citizens abroad urged to register to vote
South Africans living abroad have been urged to register to vote today and tomorrow at the country’s 120 embassies, high commissions, and consulates around the
First execution with nitrogen gas carried out in Alabama
The US state of Alabama has carried out the first execution of a prisoner through using nitrogen to cause suffocation. This is believed to be
Six alleged coup plotters sentenced to death in Ghana
Six people have been sentenced to death in Ghana for allegedly plotting a coup. This is the first treason trial in the country since 1966
Guterres not invited to key Holocaust remembrance event
For the first time since taking office, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not been invited to attend a prominent New York synagogue’s International Holocaust
Captain Cook statue hacked off plinth in Melbourne protest
A 1914 bronze statue in Melbourne of Captain James Cook, commemorating the explorer’s 1768-1771 voyage during which he charted Australia’s east coast, has been hacked