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UN committee says countries must consider reparations for slave trade
30+ min ago (352+ words) A U.N. committee said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address the enduring legacy of racial discrimination, it says, that persists today. Guidance published on Monday by the Committee on…...
Iran vows 'decisive response' to first US strikes in weeks
23+ hour, 17+ min ago (550+ words) Iran and the US have traded fire after American forces struck two launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a US official. The first known US strikes on Iran since late July killed two people and…...
Oil prices steady as investors assess US-Iran war outlook
1+ week, 4+ day ago (309+ words) Oil prices steadied in early trade on Thursday as investors assessed the outlook for the U.S.-Iran war and the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures for October delivery rose 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $91.87 a barrel by…...
US condemns 'unnecessary escalation' after Israeli airstrikes on Syrian airbase
1+ week, 5+ day ago (445+ words) The United States has issued a rare rebuke of Israel after reports emerged it struck a Syrian military airbase near the Turkish border, calling the attack an "unnecessary escalation". Eight airstrikes hit the Abu Duhur airport runway and storage facility…...
Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say
2+ week, 2+ day ago (662+ words) Eleven people have been killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, authorities say, in one of the deadliest days of attacks since an agreement aimed at reducing hostilities was announced in June. Lebanon's prime minister said seven people were killed…...
Samson???s Take: When religion threatens peace, sanity must prevail
2+ week, 2+ day ago (443+ words) A situation that could have plunged this country into serious trouble, threatening Ghana’s long-standing peaceful coexistence between Christians and Muslims, has thankfully been brought under control. We therefore have reason to take a title in “When Sanity Prevails, and the…...
Palestinians told to leave homes in village where Israeli settlers besieged houses
2+ week, 4+ day ago (944+ words) About a dozen Palestinian households in a village in the occupied West Bank were toldto leave their properties during an Israeli military operation to remove Israeli settlers. The settlers had besieged residents in three homes in the area since Sunday,…...
Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
2+ week, 6+ day ago (515+ words) Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country inthe Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while…...
Attack on democracy creeps in, it doesn't happen suddenly - Kofi Bentil warns
3+ week, 2+ day ago (452+ words) Lawyer and Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, has cautioned that Ghana's democracy can gradually deteriorate when laws are applied in ways that exceed the intentions of their framers. Speaking on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday, August 8, during discussions on…...
Trump suggests new talks with Iran to begin on Monday
4+ week, 1+ day ago (646+ words) US President Donald Trump has said new talks with Iran will begin on Monday, after calling off what he said would have been "massive" strikes on the country. "They knew the extent of the attack because they saw it forming,…...