Tag: Political and civil unrest
Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on...
Protesters detained at Raleigh police brutality march
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — Several protesters were taken into custody Sunday night after authorities in North Carolina declared a police brutality demonstration an “unlawful assembly.”</p>
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Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalization efforts
CAIRO — Sudan on Monday abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state.
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Veteran Syria opposition figure Michel Kilo dies of COVID-19
<p>PARIS — Michel Kilo, an exiled veteran Syrian opposition figure, died Monday of complications from COVID-19 in a hospital in Paris where he lived,...
Judge in Chauvin trial calls Waters’ comments ‘abhorrent’
MINNEAPOLIS — The judge overseeing the trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd on Monday called recent comments...
DeSantis signs Florida’s anti-riot bill, cites Chauvin trial
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's top Republicans cited events in cities around the country — but not the Jan. 6 riots in Washington — as...
VP Harris sits at counter where Greensboro Four made history
Vice President Kamala Harris took a detour while visiting North Carolina on Monday to sit at the same lunch counter where four Black college...
Former UN leader presses for ‘strong action’ on Myanmar
<p>UNITED NATIONS — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world body and Southeast Asian countries Monday to take swift and strong action to...
Leaders of Proud Boys ordered jailed on Capitol riot charges
<p>A federal judge on Monday ordered two leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group to be arrested and jailed while awaiting trial on...
Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalization efforts
<p>CAIRO — Sudan on Monday abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state.</p>
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