CHICAGO—The tiny white bulbs lit up the black boards and spelled out their cause. L-A-Q-U-A-N. The signs were in memory of Laquan McDonald. The 17-year-old was shot last year by a Chicago police officer – 16 times within 30 seconds. The six people holding the letters were among hundreds of protesters in the Midwest U.S. […]
An Egyptian court has sentenced four members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for the killings of protesters at their headquarters last year. At least 12 people were killed and more than 90 wounded when a mob stormed the building in Cairo during the anti-government uprising. Egypt’s top religious official must uphold Sunday’s court […]
FERGUSON, MISSOURI—Police in Ferguson, Missouri clashed briefly with protesters outside their headquarters Wednesday night. At least four protesters were arrested. The incident comes as the St. Louis suburb remains tense ahead of a grand jury decision about whether a white police officer will be charged in the fatal shooting of a black teenager. Somewhere between […]
DONETSK, UKRAINE — There was heavy fighting Monday on the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk, as government security forces resumed operations aimed at wresting control of the town from pro-Russian militants. But the government lost another helicopter, and it isn’t winning the battle for hearts and minds. The Ukrainian government says its security forces […]