In 1990, Yusef Salaam was sent to prison as one of the Central Park Five. This summer, he beat two incumbent state Assembly members in a Democratic primary and officially won a council seat. He will take office on New...

Since London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, extended the capital’s ultra-low emission zone in the pursuit of cleaner air, the backlash has become increasingly ferocious.

The top Senate Democrat, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the United States, spoke from the Senate floor to condemn Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and call for elections to replace him.

Dan Osborn, a pro-labor steamfitter, is trying to unseat Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer in the U.S. Senate, in part by running as an Independent.

“Knife” is an account of the writer’s brush with death in 2022, and the long recovery that followed.

Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani described the current regional situation as a 'recipe for escalation everywhere' and said Qatar believes that defusing the conflict in Gaza will stop the escalation on other fronts.

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has warned sternly about properly using newly acquired road construction equipment.   The equipment, delivered under the government's District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP), is intended to significantly enhance the road network in the Ashanti region, which has long struggled with infrastructure challenges.   The shipment…

The Cuban revolution saw thousands of Spanish speakers arrive on the shores of Florida, with many making their homes in the state and bringing their language with them

Davina Moore believed her sister Sarah Smith and her husband Gary were spreading rumours that she was a paedophile and responded with a five month campaign of harassment.

China’s “reunification” with Taiwan is inevitable, President Xi Jinping said in his New Year’s address on Sunday, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two weeks to go before…

The bill grandfathers the consulates that currently exist in Jerusalem.

A man is heartbroken after finding out his daughter does not belong to him. He had planned to move her to the United States where he is when he found out.

Right-wing activists are responsible for the resignation of Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay, say mainstream news media organizations. Harvard President’s Resignation Highlights New Conservative Weapon Against Colleges: Plagiarism, read the Associated Press headline. Politico attributed Gay’s resignation to a “conservative activist’s crusade.” Both the New York Times and Washington Post published pieces suggesting that Gay resigned her position because of conservative pressure. And many other commentators suggested that racism played a role in Gay’s departure.

As the number of illegal crossings into the United States has topped 10,000 on several days last month, Republican demand concessions on border control

From luxury beach hideout to party getaway, the Hamptons is going through a cultural transformation. James Conrad Williams, Jr./Newsday RM via Getty

Experience a unique New Year Bash with Carnatic music & traditional food. Featuring a galaxy of Carnatic musicians.

Police say an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was carjacked by two armed suspects Wednesday afternoon in Washington, DC.

Raw TV, the company behind 'The Tinder Swindler,' has set a new doc with Prime Video about the murders of Peta Frampton and Chris Farmer.

Turkey's endorsement of Sweden's NATO membership depends on U.S. congressional approval to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Some in Washington are quite upset over this. 

Ahead of the mega-Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtan event, Bihar Minister Tej Pratap has said that Lord Ram came in his dream and said that the BJP is doing a "drama" on January 22. Questioning the rationale of the event, Yadav further added that Lord Ram also came in the dreams of four Shankaracharyas and made a similar statement. He also accused the BJP of "using" Lord Ram for election purposes. Notably, thousands of people will join PM Modi for the mega-consecration ceremony of the Ram Mandir on January 22.

A Hong Kong activist has told the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai that he believed Beijing's security law was designed to persecute its “political enemies.”

News of a secret underground tunnel found connected to a historic Brooklyn synagogue was picked up quickly on social media, with posts spreading baseless claims about the passage, many laced with antisemitism.

The Green MP resigned from all her portfolios on Tuesday, following allegations of shoplifting.

A video of late Nigerian actor Sisi Quadri surfaced online hours after he was announced dead. In the clip, the actor was heard complaining about the hospital.

Luck eluded a suspected armed robber this week when his planned operation failed, leaving him with no other option than to take to his heels after an attempt to rob a forex bureau was foiled by the attendant. A police situational report sighted by MyNewsGh.com indicates that the armed robber walked into the Global Exchange Forex bureau at Anyaa near Sowutoum in the Ga Central District of the Greater Accra Region at about 9:30 am pretending to be there for a transaction. However, he gradually pulled out his weapon, but the attendant who figured out his move called on people for help. Upon realizing he had been made up, the armed robber stepped out and took to his heels. Efforts at arresting him proved futile. Watch CCTV footage of how it all happened below:

A leading member of the National democratic Congress (NDC), Henry Osei Akoto, has held a meeting with some youth groups at the Manhyia Palace over the recent insult by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, at the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. In the meeting with one of the groups, the NDC member challenged the youth to uphold and insist on the stance of the Asantehene that Chairman Wontumi must appear before the leaders of Manhyia for interrogation. This comes after the owner of Wontumi Radio and TV, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, made some derogatory comments against the Asantehene, for which the chiefs have called on the Asantehene to suspend the operation of Wontumi Radio and TV if the regional chairman does not appear before them in the palace. In a bid to ensure that Wontumi faces the consequences of his actions, Henry Osei Akoto visited the Manhyia Palace, to engage the youth groups and urge them to stand by the Asantehene and demand…

Tensions between Turkey and Israel is spreading to Turkish soccer fields as Israeli players commemorate the 100th day in captivity of the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip.

Biden recently made unusually sharp remarks towards the Netanyahu administration - saying that the country was losing international support due to indiscriminate bombing in Gaza. Israel is facing mounting pressure for a ceasefire as the death count of Palestinians crossed 19,000.

The two leaders spoke to each other after nearly a month and a day after Netanyahu rebuffed Biden's calls for Palestinian sovereignty after the war ends. However, Biden said the Israeli PM was not opposed to all two-state solutions, and there were a number of types possible.

Donald Trump held rallies in Newton and Clinton, Iowa on Saturday on the anniversary of Jan. 6 and nine days before the state's Republican caucus.

The latest report into life behind bars at HMP Exeter paints a depressing picture. Some improvements have been made but progress in key area remains fragile, says review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

Minister of international relations and cooperation Ronald Lamola says the government will file all the evidence they have to support their case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by month end.

Hello, Mrs Walker-Huntington. A lady who is an American citizen wants to apply for her daughter to migrate to the USA but her daughter has hepatitis B. Can this affect her application process? TK Dear TK: A US citizen is allowed to file a petition...

NIA has played a major role in demolishing the terror financing ecosystem, he added. 📰 ‘We Controlled Terrorism With Zero Tolerance Policy’: Home Minister Amit Shah Addresses ‘Security Beyond Tomorrow: Forging India’s Resilient Future’ Summit in Delhi (Watch Video).

Brendan Gleeson said immigrants now flock to Ireland just like how Irish emigrants flocked to places like the USA which is something to be proud of.

A parliamentary committee in Bulgaria approved a bill on Wednesday that bans medical procedures for changing the biological sex of minors, a practice not currently permitted. The bill also restricts access to scientific information about gender.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the owner of X, Tuesday put his weight behind India's bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council sparking concerns in Pakistan, which is the biggest...

A group of pro-Palestinian students targeted the Jewish student center in a rally at New York City's Baruch College with violent rhetoric.

Dozens of countries will send voters to the polls in 2024 for elections that may redefine the international security landscape at a very delicate time for global affairs.

News of a brawl between police and worshippers on Monday over a secret underground tunnel found connected to a historic Brooklyn synagogue was picked up quickly on social media, with posts spreading baseless claims about the passage, many laced with antisemitism.

President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "crazy SOB" at a public fundraising event Wednesday in California. 

A partially cordoned-off void deck in Woodlands and the temporary closure of a football court in Bedok North in recent months have spurred online debate on the use of common residential spaces. 

Wanda James is on a mission to empower entrepreneurs from communities harmed by racial disparities in marijuana arrests.

A convict who is a man living as a woman has been transferred out of a women's prison after being indicted for raping a woman in the shower.

The Los Angeles native, who follows the path of a number of celebrities who have had religious awakenings in recent years.

Auckland University of Technology admits the post has "offended some people".

The history of the modern state of Israel is one of short wars with long consequences. For the first fifty years or so, until the millennium, that worked out largely to Israel’s benefit.

On Thursday, at a press briefing in Astana, Kazakhstan, Russian President Vladimir Putin underscored the importance of Ukraine taking irreversible actions that are satisfactory to Russia in order to establish a ceasefire.

Former President Donald Trump's massive lead in the Iowa and New Hampshire Republican primaries could pose an issue for him.